#kaliyug

[jai-shri-baba-gangaram]

|| Jai Shri. Baba Gangaram || #Hyderabad - 29 January 2023, Sunday Shri. Baba Gangaram Upasana Mahotsav --------------------------------------------------------------- Shri Baba Gangaram Dham, Shree Panchdeo Mandir, Shree Aashirvaad Mandir, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan ------------------------------------------------------------------ #babagangaram #gangaram #jhunjhunu #panchdeomandir #panchdeo #temple #vishnu #jaishribabagangaram #templesinrajasthan #blessed #kaliyug #placestovisitinrajasthan #shekhawati #aashirvaadmandir #JSBG #jbk || Jai Shri. Baba Gangaram || (at Jai Shri. Baba Gangaram) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn_Yg3EK4F6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[achyutapriya]

Whenever i reread the Rukmini Svayamvar leela i giggle so much like HELLO?? THE ROMANCE?? SRIMATI RUKMINI BEING AN ABSOULTE CUTIE?? KANHA?? AHHH *swoons and falls dramatically on the floor*

(for the ones who dont know)

A lot of people only know about Rukmini Haran, but Harivamsa (Mahabharata) also gives a detailed account of Rukmini Svayamavar, to which the Yadavs weren't invited. However, Krishna being dramatic as usual (especially for his Shris) decided to disrupt the occasion. Apparently, he was so formidable and intimidating that even the Kings participating in the event requested King Bhishmak to wed Ma Rukmini to Krishna right now in order to pacify him. But as we know, Kanha lets Shri decide the auspicious time for their divine union. (btw Krishna is still in Mathura i.e, Dwarka isn't built just yet.)

Shri Krishna then proceeds to give a speech to the entire Royal court revealing the true nature of Shri Rukmini as Parashakti who has descended on earth upon the request of Brahma and other gods. Being the supreme goddess herself, she deserves only to be wedded to the Supreme lord and not to some mortal king.

" Lord Krishna: O king, I reveal to you an eternal truth, devoid of any deceit. Your daughter Rukmini, upon hearing my words, shall determine the most auspicious course of action. For, at the behest of Brahma himself, she has incarnated in your household as Rukmini, she is the supreme goddess Shri herself "

"She transcends mortal existence, and her presence at the svayamvar amidst human kings would be travesty. As the supreme Goddess, her dharma dictates that she unite with the supreme one alone."

श्रीरुक्मिणीचरणारविन्दार्पणमस्तु ���

BONUS:

*swoons with you*

*Kanha also swoons hearing about his beloved Rukmini*

Shri Rukmini : giggles and shakes her head at all of us

[greektragedybitch]

i love how kanha as a kid deliberately antagonised the king of gods by telling the people of vrindavan to pray to govardhan instead of indra like yess?? put that egotistic head into its place??

[hinsaa-paramo-dharma]

I may have gotten a teensy tiny bit too rude during my weekly mumma ke saath fights.

[hum-suffer]

Put it back

[subhashdagar123]

[jeevanjali]

Kalyug Mantra :कलियुग में जरूर करें इन मंत्रों का जाप मिलेगा लाभkalyug Mantra : हिंदू धर्म में युग को 4 भागों में बांटा गया है, जो इस प्रकार हैं- सत्ययुग, त्रेतायुग, द्वापरयुग और कलियुग। जिसका अंतिम यानि कलियुग अभी भी चल रहा है। और हम कलियुग में जी रहे हैं

[desi-girll]

it just gives me chills – the fact that hardly any more days left for Janmashtami... and maybe just maybe what you've written is going to come true this time... it gives me the courage to hope that this time he'll be here to help... to save us... to help us get justice... to protect us

Guys imagine...

It's 11:59 PM in the night of Sunday

The alleys are dark

Demons in human skin are laughing

Women are being raped

Protestors are doing candle marches

An old lady, very old, watches the TV with horro in her eyes and folds her palms, looks at the small Laddoo Gopal ki murti in her Pooja Home and says, "Ab to aao Girdhar Gopal, kabse aas lagaye hai." (atleast now come, Girdhar Gopal. We await you to to come {and annihilate evil}.)

Away from all this at a small house near a river, the loud cries of a woman rattled the whole house as she pushed at her stomach, the pain being unbearing as she cried out for help, the midwives helping her. Lightning started to crackle in the sky, heavy rain started pouring down with lightning and lightning, the river was in full swing.

With a final cry the pain subsided, her face drenched in sweat and tears as she felt herself fainting, when her eyes were snapped open as she felt something on her chest.

"You have birthed such a beautiful baby boy, look!" The midwife had cried out happily and she teared up, looking at the dark skinned small bundle of joy, who was crying, covered in a thick blanket.

Suddenly her eyes were dazzled by the effect of a bright light, and she closed her eyes in between. She slowly opened one eye and looked up, and was stunned. The huge silhouette of a man with four arms holding different things stood in front of her, as she looked wide eyed at the huge silhouette in front of her, and then slowly looked at the baby.

Suddenly it clicked her...

𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐡𝐢 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐚, 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐫𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐡..

𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦-𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐚, 𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐭-𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐲𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦..!

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐦, 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐲-𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐦..

𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚-𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐞...!

Inspired by this post of @she-rambled-but-they-were-true

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[suvarnarekha]

for the sake of merlin's socks just because the actors are good looking asf how can you can casually say things like he was a dad to one sister and a daddy to other with a straight face!?

[kramsingh1959]

[jai-shri-baba-gangaram]

|| Jai Shri. Baba Gangaram || #Hyderabad - 29 January 2023, Sunday Shri. Baba Gangaram Upasana Mahotsav --------------------------------------------------------------- Shri Baba Gangaram Dham, Shree Panchdeo Mandir, Shree Aashirvaad Mandir, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan ------------------------------------------------------------------ #babagangaram #gangaram #jhunjhunu #panchdeomandir #panchdeo #temple #vishnu #jaishribabagangaram #templesinrajasthan #blessed #kaliyug #placestovisitinrajasthan #shekhawati #aashirvaadmandir #JSBG #jbk || Jai Shri. Baba Gangaram || (at Jai Shri. Baba Gangaram) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn8fgiQKyzQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[devimayi]

krishn and krishnaa 🥺💙

I love to believe that Krishna used gen-z slangs in dwapar.Like, he'll be talking to Draupadi and after she says literally anything, he goes,"yaasss gurl slay💅" and she'll just be standing there like "🤨🤨🤨".

[krsnaradhika]

Born to be a lover girl in Dwapar. Forced to exist in Kaliyug.

[yato-dharmastato-jayah]

I am once again reminded that we're living in kaliyug now....

[nushkiespeaks]

IS "SLAVERY" GLORIFIED IN MAHABHARAT?

I am amused seeing a few posts on how people assume that SLAVERY is something that was practiced in Dwapar and it was as ghastly as it was in Kaliyug. I had done a reblog on it earlier, but since I chose the topic let us speak on it.

The thing is, mostly people read the English version of BORI CE, where several words which mean in a slightly different context are changed to English which are sometimes outrageous. For example, the meaning of "desire" in Sanskrit Bori is mostly translated as "sexual pleasure" in Bibek Debroy translation. But "desire" in the true text doesn't mean "sexual pleasure/fascination" in all texts. Those who have read Bori know there is a part in Krishna Karna Samvad where Krishna literally says that Draupadi will have "intercourse" with Karna if he accepts the proposal. Which is NOT. Krishna in Sanskrit version says that Draupadi will be "present" there during the coronation of Karna, and the word "intercourse" here means a "talking session" . There are several examples of it, but it will be a later topic.

Let us talk about SLAVERY/SLAVE CULTURE in Mahabharat.

Okay, so there are parts here and there in Mahabharat where it is written "slaves" are sent as gifts from one kingdom to another. Now you guys will think, O God slavery? In Mahabharat, practiced by Pandavas and Krishna?

Let me tell you, "slavery" as a concept is WHOLLY different from what we know in this Yuga. Slavery in our Yug means inhuman treatment of persons, war captives taken as prisoners and so on. But slavery in Mahabharat simply meant THE SERVANTS who worked in palaces under Kshatriyas and they were NOT METED OUT TO INHUMAN TREATMENT NORMALLY. They were generally under the Kshatriyas and would lead a good life. They had a quarter for themselves where they used to live and work. They were given shelter and food. Except a few Kings ( ofc there are always exceptions, like Kamsa, Jarasandh and even Virat from Viratnagar to some extent) they lived a life of honor.

Let's see how these maids, servants were treated by the royals:

The servant class, specifically the MAIDS were very close with the female royals. The Princesses and the Queens literally had a number of maids who were in their services and they were their close confidantes. They were even closer to them than their husbands and times and the female royals literally TRUSTED their life with their maids. Every female royal had one best friend who was a maid/servant, and she enjoyed enough respect. It is said that the Prince had to first make a good impression to the servants of the Princess to be in her good eyes. Often the women trusted their maids or servants to send important or secret messages to their husbands, they used to send her words also directly from their servants to her husbands. Imagine how much the bonds would've been with each other than the royal women are trusting their words and secret messages with their servants, that they would be delivered safely. A woman always sends her female attendants to recieve gifts also from the Princes/lovers. And yes, the servants/maids of the women were quite intelligent also. And mind it ALL VARNAS IN MAHABHARAT were treated respectfully by a true ARYA. There was no DISCRIMINATION between a Shudra and a Brahmin. There is even a part from Mahabharat, where a Brahmin takes a lesson from a meat seller ( A shudra ) without any ego in his heart. Isn't it enough to prove how the Shudras or the servant's class were treated respectfully?

Also in Draupadi Satyabhama samvad Parva, we see how Draupadi tells she remembered the names of each and every servant who worked in their palace, she treated them like her own family and also woke up before they could. Doesn't it show how much respectfully the servants were treated during Dwapar?

And let me tell you, the Kshatriyas did have servants who were technically the today's WORKING CLASS under a hierarchy. And they did their tasks willingly! And why wouldn't they? They too had to find means to earn a bread isn't it? And please don't pretend that the royals can manage without servants, no they can't! Actually the presence of a good and well section of servant class shows how well your kingdom is managed; everyday to day chores were handled by them! For it was a job they chose to do, like we're all employed in somewhat or the other!

Yes there are a few section of men who mistreated their servants, for example Kamsa, Jarasandh, Keechak, Trigartas and also Sudeshna, Virat( to some extent )and also the Mlecchs ( if anyone who doesn't know what Mlecchs are, they're the uncultured sect of people who aren't "Aryas") You cannot judge the entire Aaryavart because of a few people, and mind it they ultimately paid their Karma! Krishna came and killed Kamsa, Jarasandh was killed, Viratnagar is tarnished by the end of Mahabharat!

There are NO ACTIVE RECORDS on how in general the servants who BORI has translated to "slaves" in the context were mistreated in generally. Becoming a servant was a CHOICE that time. The concept of slavery which you know came with the onset of Kaliyug, were the caste system turned rigid and war victims were treated inhumanely. That also, it happened mostly when the Mughals came in India and also the barbaric Khiljis. The inhuman treatment of slaves were sadly profounded by them. The rest, if you look closely even in the Kaliyugi kingdoms of Marathas, Rajputs and also the Southern Kingdoms, mistreating of servants was rare.

Please do not spread false information about our ITIHAS if you do not know the entire context. Sometimes, people should use their own brains to analyze things, not everything is to be going to be served on a plate. Atleast research on the dynamics of the early Vedic and later Vedic period?

Ye to 6th standard ki history hai bhai...

This is the reason I hate when people just cherry pick the verses from Mahabharat and post stuff without contexts.

If evil things prevailed that didn't mean everyone did it.

Smoking and drug exists but does everyone do it?

[ P.S : I exactly know again this post will be misinterpreted by some "oversmart" people who don't even "care" to read texts but will appear to show their smartness here. They just have only one job to find errors in Mahabharat, that too half heartedly and not knowing the context. Please stay away from my posts if you cannot handle the truth.]

[nidhi-writes]

Deepavali - Great power comes with great responsibility

Growing up in the southern Indian state of Tamilnadu, where Deepavali is celebrated cause of Narakasura’s Defeat by Krishna. Each year I heard the story of how and when it happened, why Krishna killed Narakasura, and how cruel he was.

As the adult age struck I started to work with people from many parts of India, surprisingly that's when I heard that the story of Deepavali/Diwali which they celebrate is very different from the one I did.

Some specified that it celebrated the cause of Lord Rama and Seetha’s return to Ayodhya

Some Specified that it was celebrated cause of Ravana’s Defeat by Lord Rama.

They were surprised when I said in Tamilnadu it is celebrated for the reason I mentioned above, some were quick to point out how wrong I was and how one should know one's true culture and blah blah blah.

It was hard to explain culture and practices vary throughout our country and that's the beauty of it, there is no right or wrong cause every path and every practice leads to the same destiny. Our paths may vary but the destination is one.

So I wanted to read more about this one-line story I heard about how Krishna defeated Narakasura and the origin of it. And man if I say it made me cry, weep.

To dive into this story we have to travel from Kaliyug to Krita(Sathya) Yug

When the earth was in the hands of destruction by the asura Hrinyaksha and to save the earth and defeat Hrinyaksha, the almighty Vishnu took in the form of Varaha, as both Hrinyaksha and Varaha fought, Varaha overpowered Hiranaksha and at the end defeating him and also restored the earth to its original position in the universe

Varaha defeated Hiranaksha with ease and his only exertion was a drop of sweat, which fell to the ground. From that drop, a young warrior rose, his name was Naraka.

Is that when Bhoodevi and her heartbeat as a mother, her eyes watered at the scene of her son rising from her Swami’s drop of sweat. How could she not love him as he is her son, with love Bhoodevi hugged her son and smiled at how strong and a warrior he was. Bhoodevi turned and asked her Prabhu Varaha that her son should be invincible. Varaaha pulled out one of his tusks and gave it to Naraka saying he could use it as a weapon whenever he was in great danger.

Naraka accepted the weapon provided by his father and felt immensely blessed and ready to go to seek his fortune, as his father provided him advice on how to use the power to do only good.

‘Uphold Dharma’ said Varaha and Bhoodevi blessed her son as happy tears fell from her lotus-like eyes.

Just like any mother, her heart is filled with love and confidence for her son. She does not doubt her son becoming powerful in all three worlds and being just like her Swami. Varaha looked at Bhoodevi and smiled at her nodding his head as if he knew what she was thinking, but his smile didn’t seem to be filled with confidence.

Varaha smiled, his son will be powerful but the question is will he uphold the dharma to do good things, will he use his powers to be righteous, cause great power comes with great responsibilities.

As the yugas rolled one by one from Krita(Sathya) to Treta, to Dwaparyug. Lord Vishnu again came down to earth in the form of Krishna, Yadava. He vanquished his Uncle Kamsa and continued to restore dharma on the earth.

Just like the yugas rolled down, Naraka also grew very powerful, as he conquered everything from heaven and earth, he was drunk with power. That's when he snatched the celestial earrings from Aditi, the mother of Devas.

Amid the chaos, Indra the lord of devas sought Krishna’s help to vanquish Naraka. Upon hearing this Satyabama, one of the wives of Krishna, who is none other than Bhoodevi herself, got devastated and her heart ached along with anger boiled on how her son turned out. Her confidence in her son now made her feel like crying a river but as a Bhoodevi she had a job first that is to accompany her swami and solve this problem.

Both Krishna and Sathyabama left Prag-joyitisha-pura on Garuda. But entering the Prag-joyitisha-pura was not easy as the capital has four layers to its defence, The chief defender of Naraka’s capital was Mura, who was so confident that no one could penetrate the defence he had set and was relaxing deep down at the ring of defence.

But can anything be against Parandhaman himself? Krishna took down each defence layer at ease thus causing violent ripples in the water. Mura woke up from his slumber, enraged rushed out to defend and attack Krishna. Mura fell fighting against Krishna who then earned the name Murrari, the enemy of Mura.

Upon hearing the chaos outside Naraka Narakasura himself came out and started to fight against Krishna. The fight went on day and night causing extreme chaos and it became very difficult to say who was winning. As Naraka still had the weapon provided to him by his father Varaha, he took out the deadly tusk and threw it on Krishna, who got stuck by the tusk into his chest and fell unconscious. Naraka let out a victory cry but an enraged Satyabama picked up the bow and started to fight Naraka with so much anger. Naraka was shocked and continued to fight Sathyabama not knowing her real identity just like he did with Krishna.

Sathyabama’s eyes turned red flashing anger and her love for her son was now completely overshadowed by the monster he had become. Amidst the fighting, Krishna woke up and saw Sathyabama fighting and smiled at her. Naraka is shocked to see how Krishna is now awake, no other being can able to be alive after being struck by the deadly weapon, if Krishna is alive then he must be none other than Lord Varaha himself, his father.

Naraka fell on his knees and his father's words rang into his ears ‘Uphold Dharma’. He realized that he had failed his father's words and surrendered to Krishna, who used Sudarshana chakra at Naraka.

As his life slowly leaves Naraka he subconsciously surrenders himself to Krishna and Sathyabama. Sathyabama who was Bhoodevi born again, rushed to him and held him. The cries of sorrow, hurt, love, anger everything heard in her. As she helplessly held her son whose life slowly leaving him, Krishna silently watched the reunion of mother and son. As the tears fell on his body he found light in his dying moment. The darkness has been lifted as the dawn broke.

That day is celebrated as the festival of lights, Deepavali or Diwali, which signifies that we have to emerge from darkness to light.

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