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July - 2013 Odisha Review

Truth, the Divine Wonder

Sudarshan Sahoo

‘Satyat nasti paro Dharmah’ (There is no religion benefactor of the metagalaxy, the performer of higher than Truth). A religion is proclaimed by a the twinkling jewels of infinity.) The mystery of bunch of doctrines suitable for the sustenance of creation is divulged with magnificence beyond humanity, revealed by a superb brain. Nature’s comparision in the Rig Veda, said to be codified climax dictator is the focus of thousands of sources five thousand years ago and regarded as the oldest of religions around the globe since millennia volume on the earth. The TRUTH is revealed for together. Paths are ever that no time- incalculable to wave can wash it into reach the the abyss of paramount peak. It impugnment. Prof. is only the Sanatan Max Muller, the Dharma on the prudent Orientalist, Earth, the epitome has written, of essential gists “ Yabat sthasyanti ever the mankind girayah saritascha could conceive, mahi tale, inhibiting the Tabat Rig Veda Cosmic Evolution, mahima lokeshu codified in the pracharishyati.” Vedas, the (So long the compilations of mountains have revealations of erected their crests burning Truths by a and the rivers are flowing on the surface of the glorious number of sages and perseverants in a earth, the magnificence of Rig Veda would be range of millennia together, unlike any other source promulgating in the , i.e. Bhuh, Bhubah, of religion. The first mantra of Rig Veda is Swah, Mahah, Janah, Tapah and Satyah - the dedicated to the Creator of infinite Cosmos, seven abodes.) The Eternal Law of creation, “Aum ! Agnimile Purohitam, Yajnasya observation and dissolution so perfectly depicted Ritvijam, Hotaram Ratna Dhatamam.”(Aum in the Rig Veda that no volume on the earth has a ! I pray the Supreme in the Initiation, the simile to it.

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Creation and dissolution is a continuous ground as results of cataclysms. Lemuria was a process, versed in the 8th Chapter of Gita. part of Gondawana Land from which the main Whence initiation culminated, no hint can be land of Bharat Varsha detached and moved ascertained. It is a great circle of Time as termed north-eastwards @ one cm annually and still in Swetaswatara Upanishad (1:4). Sri Vishnu moving.The great Himalayas has been erected as Purana ( Vol. II, P.6, Ch.3) narrates the a result of crustal thrust. Marine objects have been (Dissolution) of three modes : Naimittika, found from Himalayas alike the Sahara Desert in Prakrutika and Atyantika. North Africa which was also under the sea some Naimittika Pralaya : Poet Jayadev has sung day. in ‘Gita Govinda’- “ Pralaya Payodhi Jale The southern part of present India, Dhruta Banasi Vedam……….” It is a great approximately the district of Tirunelveli of deluge some day in the remote past, narrated in Tamilnadu and part of Kerala, extended to a land the Purana that Lord Vishnu took the southwards, known as Kumari Kandam; so today form of a Fish and instructed King Priyabrata for the small survived piece, attached to main land is a renovation of the living creatures after the end known as Kumarika. High convulsive frequencies of the deluge and that was carried out too with near Kumarika zone strangely caused formation the help of a boat, sailing in the waves. It was the of various colored sands in the coasts of this area, Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu. The academic which are described in Puranic verses as uneaten history volumes are extraordinarily poor to feast items prepared for the marriage ceremony account for these to record the vicissitudes and of Deity Kanya Kumari with Lord Shiva that cataclysms of the earth’s convulsions since its couldn’t be solemnised. Hence, the Deity formation 13.7 billion years ago. We say, the Rig promised to remain a Virgin for ever and cursed Veda is of five thousand years’recorded tradition. the items to turn into sands. Apart from, this area But the Cosmic Evolution depicted is a rotation has been favoured to be the world’s most suitable of two Parardhas- the Term of one .One place for varieties of snail-conches, sanctifying the Parardha (1,00,000,000,000,000,000 years) is Aryan heritage.The Atlantis-Lemuria (Gondawana Brahma’s day time and another is the night time. Land) continent is submerged under the oceanic Gita (8:17) hymns this as two thousand depths from where the main stream of esotericism Mahayugas (Kalpas). This happens on this very of Aryans flourished and furthered in the land of earth of ours that violent cataclysms take place at BharatVarsha, primarily on the fertile lands of certain intervals relating to the globe’s axial Indus-Saraswati-Ganges basin. The Rig Veda position at the end of each , divided by profusely and extensively sings the glory of the fourteen .The globe we live today River Saraswati, linked with the most ancient was not so lakhs of years before. There were Indian royal chronicle narrated in Sri Vishnu two large continents, Lemuria and Atlantis, Purana. continuing from South Africa through Indian Ocean, Australia extending upto the southern end The survived scattered islands in the of South America where now the great waves of Pacific Ocean belong to very common ancient Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean culture prior to submersion and the different tune to their fathomless abyss. The other parts of islanders lost to know each other during lapse of the earth have heaved up later from the ocean lakhs of years, till the arrival of Europeans in the

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16th -17th centuries. When asked about their faces cultural transformation forced by Nature, centre of worship, all scattered islanders point as the Puranic History reveals. That’s why The towards the west (BharatVarsha). They are Gita (4:7,8) hymns, primarily all Aryans. Today the gigantic mysterious “ Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya Glanirbhabati Bharata, stone-statues of the lonely Easter Island reflect Abhyutthanamadharmasya Tadatmanam exclamation. But truly, this existing land was the Srujamyaham………” part of a high prosperous zone of esotericism that Such was the time when the divinity and submerged. One could walk by foot from physiology were much greater. The inhabitants had BharatVarsha straight to reach America. Even giant physical structures and great divine energy upto recent times, one could walk by foot from with purity of thought in mind.Truth was simply Rameswaram to Lanka on the Rama Setu till the the common code of behaviour. So, it was Satya 13th Century. . There were Asuras too. But they had giant This present globe has been convulged physiques and gained no less occult power. When violently for four times changing human races on the day of Pralaya first approached, land it by submersion of land and displacement of continued to drown due to cataclysm. Lord inhabitation, apart from six times mid-convulsion Vishnu saved the pious creatures and shifted to a and a number of catastrophes vividly at different new land in Matsya Avatar, and today, we sing times. Some times the terrestrial magnetism affects to the melody of the great poet Jayadev, “ the earth like arrival of a planetary system or Pralaya Payodhi Jale………” departure from. Some times two or three planets disappear at a time exerting tremendous influence The Aryan Culture is as old the as the on the earth, causing violent geological crust- human race and the very base of human divine shiftings and geographical reorganisations. The knowledge. No source of religion evolved other Atlantis and Lemuria went under the ocean waters than Lemuria-Atlantis. All other landed portions 8,50,000 years ago. They bore peak altitudinal on the globe came next step by step as upheaval races instructed by divine masters and got from the ocean beds and even gone below in some transferred to the bottom of the sea, where they occasions. The north pole, Sumeru, was rightly now slumber until their next appearance above judged by seers as the way to . Srimad the waters. The divine culture touched the climax Bhagavatam says, it was the centre of the Ilavruta when human beings were in contact of Lords of Varsha. All its portions were golden and the peak heaven, their body color was like moon. Each was 84,000 yojans above the ground. It was like root-race of humanity has begun with a ; the Lotus centre of the Earth (Canto.5, Ch.16, the period being known as . The first Sl.7). The Pole Star and the constellation of Manu was Swayambhuba Manu. Now we are Saptarshi (Great Bear) had their occult- continuing under the seventh Manu known as connections with the inhabitants of the earth. The Sraddhadeva.The Manus are appointed by the golden summit of snowy Sumeru Parvat touched God to govern the universes. The next Manu will the so that the Devas used it as their be Sabarni in the eighth Manvantara, expected path to the earth and vice-versa for divine men. to come after 4,00,000 years, when a cataclysm In Baraha Avatar, the biggest piece of land will take place to set a major geographical change. heaved up from the ocean bed that got inhabited After a great cataclysm, the human civilisation to be a prosperous Aryan settlement.

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The Nature’s playful pastimes have been Sl.6,7 & 8) are construed to be a pure historical sung in the name of the Creator in different truth. Avataras. These geological vicissitudes have been Prakrutika Pralaya : When Brahma completes depicted in Brahma Vaibarta Purana in a divine his term of two Parardhas, the Supreme Being manner. These are true historical events of the devours the entire cosmos. The term of Brahma geographical convulsions happened millions of ends. Sri Vishnu takes the form of Rudra to turn years ago; and also will be happening with certain the whole universe into fire flames. The seven intervals too. Lokas along with the earth, water, air, sun, moon, River Saraswati, on the high fertile banks stars, sky (the entire cosmos) turn to be red hot of which the great Vedic Culture flourished, has whirling flames. The vast Nature comes to a been hidden totally from its source in the finishing point of effulgence from where it initiated, Himalayas to the confluent coast in Gujrat five the . Sri (2:6:3:26) thousand years back at the juncture hours of hymns : Dwapara Yuga and Yuga due to axial displacement. It was also a moment of “Bhubarlokam tatsasarbam swarlokam ca sudarunah, geographical cataclysm when many portions of Jwalamala mahavartastatreiba parivartate.” the earth submerged under sea including city of ( Then the Lord burns the Bhubah and Dwaraka along with west coast of BharatVarsha. Swah Loka violently which revolve round like This river is estimated to reappear to its glorious great whirl of effulgence.) countenance in next four thousand years owing The Puranic descriptions not only to axial reset of the globe. contain historical informations of grand ancient In 1980’s French satelite has detected its periods, but astonishingly, the terrestrial course, changing four times in lakhs of years, the discoveries of the modern times too. The ancient hints are clear of meagre streaming underneath, seers could conceive the astronomy in now told as “Antah Salila Saraswati”. Our understanding the galaxies to revolve round and heartful prayers still and will be reverberating in to be devoured with effulgent-whirlings before the meadows and snow-peaked crests of the they get finished into the darkness. Now the divine Himalayas, “Ya Kundendu Tushara Hara astronomers have discovered it. (News Source : Dhabala, Ya Shubhra Bastrabrutaa……” ‘Black Hole in Milkway set to swallow cloud Approximately once in four lakh years the of Dust and Gas’- The Indian Express, rd global axis that keeps usually 66.5 degrees Washington, 23 October, 2012). inclined to its revolutionary , gets disturbed The Aryan seers, while depicting the to change its inclination either side, causing Nature in the volumes, have recorded wonders geological break ups and geographical of the Cosmic extravaganza. Not only the Rig reconstructions. As such, the globe’s surface has Veda has started with a very short hymn of the been changed several times. The geographical Cosmic Evolution, but strangely mentions of descriptions given in our like Sapta intersteller universes (Brahmandas) inhabited by Sagar and Sapta Dwipa and also the creatures of different physiques scattered all Astakulachala hills with Varshas in the Jambu around; that the modern science had no Dwipa (Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto.5,Ch.16, conception till the recent times. However the news

24 July - 2013 Odisha Review of Aliens striked the intellect of the astronomers Schimdt says Universe will disappear to search after(News source : ‘Earth to contact eventually’-The Economic Times, Beijing, 23 Aliens in next 12 years ?’ Business Standard, AUG, 2012). IANS, London, December 26, 2012). This is the absolute dissolution of the Astronomers have estimated about the Creation hymned in the Rig Veda (10:90), possibilities of existence of ten thousand crore of that in the very Initiation it was earth-like worlds where living creatures are there only impenetrable Darkness, the insignificant in the milkway only and about one sextillion Omnipresent and all-permeating Ocean of (50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) in the whole Darkness, nothing else existed. When He cosmic infinity ( News source : ‘Billions of Earth- meditated (intended to create), the Cosmic like worlds could exist- Royal Astronomical Evolution startled into formation. The Society-Hispanic Busines.com, 4thApril, 2013). Hiranyagarbha Sukta in Rig Veda details step It is the Truth and Divine wonder only that Rig by step the evolution in an absolute scientific way. Veda mentions of it. In SriRamcharita Manas, Its esoteric hymns reveal, ‘the Breathless initiated Kaka Bhusandi narrates before Garuda how he breathing and immense number of universes, the fled highest into the sky to escape the catch of intersteller exuberant extravaganza aired out to baby Sriram and travelled in different worlds of formulate the exoteric infinite wonder. The same earth-like stature in the cosmos. Each world had theme is also depicted in the Devi Purana, Sri different type of creatures; but Sriram being the Vishnu Purana, Mundaka Upanishad, same everywhere. Harivansha Purana writes, Swetaswatar Upanishad, Gita and almost all “Ananta Koti Brahmanda Tora Garbhe Puranic volumes. Leena” (Infinite crores of universes are merged Thus, the stature of the Unknown is in your womb). prayed by H P Blavatsky, the founder of ‘The These modern scientific discoveries International Society’ at NewYork enliven the Hindu ancient volumes. In 2001, (1875) in her immortal volume, ‘The Secret Richard Arnest, the American Nobel physicist, Doctrine’, published in 1888 : evoked in the Indian Science Congress, Pune that “Nor Aught nor Naught existed; Yon bright sky the ancient Indian volumes are full of scientific facts Was not , nor heaven’s broad roof outstretched above. which should be researched by the Indian There was not death - yet there was naught immortal, scientists instead of running after the Westerners. There was no confine betwixt day and night; The only one breathed breathless by itself, On 23rd August,2012 Dr. Brian P. Other than It there nothing since has been. Schimdt, the Nobel Physicist of 2011 divulged in Darkness there was and all at first was veiled the 28th General Assembly of the International In gloom profound – an ocean without light.” Astronomical Union (IAU) at Beijing that it is only x x x x x x x within 100 billion (Ten thousand crore) years the The above lines (part of stanza) of whole Cosmos will finish into the darkness. There Blavatsky are the cream of the Vedic Hymns, will be no stars, no sun, no moon, no sky, no essence of all the Upanishads and the Puranic earth, no air, no water nor any celestial existence concentrations, assimilating the entirity of 1200 (News source : ‘Top Astronomer Brian P religion sources prevalent around the globe.

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This is the Prakrutika Pralaya when the to return to the shelter. Whoever keeps alert in it, Creator dissolves everything into Him and rejoices is called a learned one. He avenues with austerity to an infinite slumber. It is His ultimate being by detaching himself from the worldly seductions. and the supreme stature, the unevolved and revealed the Supreme knowledge to the purest entity - 'The Darkness'. Nachiketa, the bridge of nectar to Atyantika "Jay Jagannath !" Pralaya. It is why He is the Lord of the Universe. A drop of water from the ocean loses its HE is not a statue of neem wood to be renewed whereabouts when dropped into. Likewise, the in each 8,12 or 19 years. It is the replica of the pure souls, free from sensual attachments, are great Truth of mortal bodies of all creatures they attracted towards the Ocean and they flow like relinquish for an eternal journey on a new chariot rivers running towards the infinite Ocean to meet each time. Soul is immortal as anthromorphic part the confluence losing their individual identity. Such of Him, the Jiva (Gita-15:7). excerpt is depicted in the Mundaka Upanishad (3:2:8). Atyantika Pralaya : The third and last pastime of soul is the Ultimate assimilation. The Soul has This is known as , the ultimate started its journey from Him and He is the Ultimate assimilation or the Atyantika Pralaya. Srimad Abode of Eternity. Jiva is attached with Karma Bhagavatam (12:7:17) speaks of four kinds of which causes it either to roam in the worldly forest . The extra one, apart from the three or to return to the eternal abode of Peace. Plenty above, is placed in the third position named as of luxurious worldly enjoyments allure the Jiva Nitya Pralaya, the relinquishing of the mortal to devour sensuality. He prays gods for material body for a rebirth. happiness; and truly, the world turns to be a golden The cycle of Cosmic Evolution and cage for him. The Yogis, Rishis and sages whose Dissolution is a perpetual continuity that the instinct search after the Truth, relinquishing all records are beyond possibility to be codified. Still types of worldly attachments to keep free from, the Aryans have maintained it as a memorial succumb to internal happiness, envision the tradition, the Shruti, from time immemorial and Supreme in each creature and all in Him, enjoin codified it in the possible signs and alphabets, as their souls with the Supreme through strict to say, since last five thousand years. The foremost austerity, surpass the Maya (Avyakta) and recorded document is the Rig Veda, written in achieve Brahma (Gita-5:24,25 and 26), the Prakruta language with even some either during this life time or at the end. Their souls incomprehensible signs and notations. rejoice into the Atyantika Pralaya. These souls Sankaracharya, the gifted Soul from heavens, have no rebirth. austered to the deepest to conceive the In Katha Upanishad, Nachiketa refused revealations hinted in the Vedic scriptures and all kinds of worldly offers from Yama and translated into the Sanskrit language during his remained unstirred to know about the Param succinct life span of 32 years (788-820 AD). At Brahma. All the esoteric volumes have denied to many places, he has got confused in achieving open free the secret knowledge here and there, the true sense; hence explaining the meaning as unless the receiver is a concretely ardent one to ‘might be this or that’. Any way, The Vedas are conceive. The ultimate goal of a roaming soul is the eye openers of the mankind to the Creator in

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Sanskrit Language today. Had Adi Sankaracharya Dr. Rick Briggs, a NASA Scientist, ardent in not been sent by God to this earth, the textual cosmogonic researches has written, “The physique of Vedas would have been diminished, Language of the Vedas, Sanskrit, is the most being delinked from this materialistic world of perfect language for scientific expression today. It is the Sanskrit Language that has because of its conciseness and unambiguity. conjugated the mankind with divinity. It is the most Its eloquence is well known, yet Sanskrit is little perfect, alconcrete and super dialectical language appreciated in modern times.” on the earth. The soul traverses through four steps: ‘The Asiatic Society’ was founded by Sir Jagaritah, Swapnah,Sushuptih and Turiyah William Jones in 1784 in Calcutta under the every day. The first three steps are enjoyed to presidentship of Lord Warren Hastings, the first our mundane knowledge. During Sushuptih the Governor General of India. This organisation was mind remains absolutely free from all thoughts, meant to research the cultural history of the South- the worldly pain-pleasures. It is the pure moment East Asia zone. Sir William Jones in his third annual the soul achieves the Turiyah, the Param discourse expressed, “The Sanskrit Language, Brahma, the Truth (Mandukya Upanishada). whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful He is the End and He is the Initiation; and structure, more perfect than the Greek, more in between, He is the infinite slumber of Darkness, copious than the Latin and more exquisitely the ever victorious Truth; is eternal, or naught, so refined than either.” H P Blavatsky, the founder long the Cosmic mystery replicates into the infinity, of ‘The International Theosophy Society’, has whispers into the metagalactic sextillion of living quoted in ‘The Secret Doctrine’, “minds of the universes that the Vedas hymn and smiles the first races endowed with Consciousness by Epitome of Darkness, the five elemented Brahma, those who reflected the same from the beyond and above Kshara and Akshara - Universal mind- is daring, for no human Purushottama; The Divine Wonder : language, Save the Sanskrit-which is that of Jagannatha ! the Gods-can do so with any degree of adequacy” (Vol.l, p.269). Scientific development involves accentuated altitudes of expression in its Sudarshan Sahoo, Sector-2/324,Niladri Vihar, discoveries to the extreme minute observations. Bhubaneswar-751021, Email : [email protected]

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