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is thus annihilated, one attains the supreme state. sthira, Sarana also accompanied him. (M.B. ASva-

! son ! Therefore, Oh you reject all external perceptions, medha Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 4) . control the mind by itself and completely annihilate all (v) Sarana was the foremost of those who disguised internal and external conceptions. Whether you live in Samba the son ofJambavati as a woman, and abused on earth or in do intense for the hermits. heaven, patala and tapas (M.B. Mausala Parva, Chapter 1, Verse 15) . thousands of years, unless conception is eliminated you SARAMA II. A minister of . (For details see the will not attain salvation. word Sukasiiranas) .

After the the 1 hearing above explanation about illusions SARA^YA. A wife of . (Rgveda, 10, 7, 2) . in life, from his hiding place Vasisjha _went away. SARARI. A monkey, who accompanied to (Jnanavasistha, Canto 1 7) . the southern regions in search of Slta. ( I. SARAMA , Kiskindha Kanda, Canto 44) . 1 General. Bitch of the Devas. I. ) Syama and Sabala, SARASA AchildofGaruda. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, sons of Sarama, were two prominent messengers of Chapter 101, Verse M). and they possessed four eyes each. The off- SARASA II. A son of Yadu. He founded the city springs of these dogs are called Sarameyas. The Rgveda Krauncapura on the banks of the river Vena in South India. and contain a story about Sarama cursing (Harivarii^a, 2, 38, 27) . . (For details see under Srutasravas III) . SARASANA. See under Citrasarasana. 2) Other information. SARASTAMBA. A sacred place in ancient times. He (i) Sarama worships in his court. (Sabha who bathes here will attain the state where he is served

1 1 Verse . Anu.'asana Verse . Parva, Chapter , 40) by . ( Parva, Chapter 25, 28) (ii) Sarama is a graha (Evil spirit) of Subrahmanya SARASVATA I. See under Apantaratamas. which enters the womb of pregnant women and steals SARASVATA II. An ancient hermit. It is mentioned the babies. (. Chapter 230, Verse 34). in Mahabharata, Salya Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 7, (iii) Sarama after having once drunk milk from that Sarasvata was the son of Dadhica. Dadhica once dasyus lied about it to , and he punished her. happened to see the celestial maid Alambusa and (Varaha Purana) . became excited, and seminal discharge occurred to him. (iv) Indra once deputed Sarama to find out the place The semen fell in the river Sarasvati. The river became where the had hidden the cows on condition that pregnant and delivered a child. This child grew up he would feed her children. Sarama found out the and became the famous hermit named Sarasvata. place and informed Indra about it thus earning for her After the death of the hermit Dadhici, due to scarcity children their livelihood. 1 of rain a famine occurred lasted for twelve (Rgveda, Mandala , Chapter great which 5). years. When the famine became unbearable all the SARAMA II. Wife ofVibhlsana and daughter of the hermits on the basin and banks of the river Sarasvati called Sailusa. Sarama consoled Slta weep- began to migrate to other places leaving all their ing under the As" oka tree in . (Valmiki - possessions behind, to save their lives. But Sarasvata yana, Yuddhakanda, Canto 33, Verse 1 ). alone remained on the banks of Sarasvati, living on SARAMA III. Daughter of Daksaprajapati by his wife fish obtained from the river, engaged in meditation AsiknI. She was married by Kasyapa maharsi and and study of . from her were born the ferocious animals on earth. After twelve years the famine ended and the country

. as ( Bhagavata, Skandha 6 ) became prosperous before. The hermits who had gone SARAMEYA I. A King of the dynasty of . It to other places began to come back to their hermitages. is stated in Bhagavata, Skandha 9, that Sarameya was The desire to study Vedas grew up in their minds. the son of Svavalka. (Svaphalka). But there was not a single person, well-versed in the SARAMEYA II. The son of the dog Sarama. (See Vedas, except Sarasvata. So all the hermits accepted under Sarama II). him as their teacher. Thus Sarasvata taught the Vedas SARAMEYASANA. A hell. (See the section to Sixtythousand hermits, who had returned to their under Kala) . hermitages. (M.B. Salya Parva, Chapter 50). &ARANA. A serpent born in Vasuki's dynasty. It was In course of time the place where the hermitage of burnt to death at Janamejaya's serpent yajfta. (Adi Sarasvata stood, became famous under the name tirtha. Parva, Chapter 57, Verse 6) . Sarasvata Tungakaranya is another name of SARAMA I. this place. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 83, Verses 1) General information. A Ksatriya of the Yadu clan. 43-50) . It is stated in Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Chapter 218, In ancient days there were two schemes of study known Verse 1 7, that he was the son of Vasudeva by Devaki as 'Kandanukramapatha' and 'S;~rasvatapatha' for the and the brother of Sri Krsna and Subhadra. Taittirlya-collcction (Samhita). But today the 2) Other details. Kandanukramapatha has become quite extinct. The (i) This Sarana was one of those who took the dowry following is a description, given in Sariisk".! . iratnamala to Hastinapura at the marriage of Arjuna and stating how the 'Sarasvatapatha' attainc;! o vigorous a Subhadra. (M.B. Adi Parva, Chapter 220, Verse 32). vogue. to the curse the (ii) Sarana shone in the court of Yudhisthira. (M.B. Once owing of the hermit Durvasas, Sabha Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 30). river Sarasvati took birth as a woman in the house of a to the of (iii) Sarana participated in the Rajasuya sacrifice of , who belonged Gotra Atreya. Yudhisthira. (M.B. Sabha Parva, Chapter 34, Verse 15). Later from that same Brahmin she conceived and gave to Sarasvati (iv) When Sri Krsna went to Hastinapura from birth a son named Sarasvata. The river Dvaraka to take part in the horse-sacrifice of Yudhi- herself, taught her son the Vedas completely, and then