By Sri Chiraan 2009/03/01
When 8th and ninth lord in 12th then one will lose his longevity by the dishonouring the elders. Aspect of benefics on 8th house and its lord increases the longevity. Having good Ayur yogas also increases the strata of longevity. 12th sun for libra ascendant also confers longevity.
One loses his longevity by:
- disrespecting
elders, fire, cow, idols
- Eating
in iron plates
- Having
hair cut on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesdays or amavasya, chaturdashi etc
- Having
haircut in the noon
- Drinking
curds in the night before sleep
- Going
to places where one is not respected
- When
elders make sasthtanga namaskar [bow]
- Marrying
woman elder in age
- Having
sex in the morning
- Having
intercourse for an unusually longer time
Once there was a very learned bramhin by name Srinivasachar
in 18th century. He was a great scholar in sanskrit and philososphy. He was
very proud of his scholarly aptitude. It was also around same time, when
bhakti movement had gained importance in south India and Das culture
was on the rise. Das way of life was initiated by Purandardas
[incarnation of Narada] in the south when Vijaynagar empire was at its peak, under the able guidance of Vyasateertha [Incarnation of Balhik], a pontiff in
the line of Madhvacharya. Das culture mainly emphasised the delivery of Vedic
Knowledge in local language [Kannada] through poems and melodious songs for the
Lord Vittala. Thus common men and women were suddenly bestowed the nectar of
geeta and puranas in the common man’s language then prevalent. Vijaydas [incarnation of sage Bhrigu] was also one such illustrious personality of those
times. VijayDas was also maternal uncle to Srinivasachar.
Srinivasachar owing to the pride, he had cultivated, did not
recognize the fact that philosophy could be delivered to common man in simple
man’s language. The philosophy which could not be gauged by immense learning in
Sanskrit, how could they be delivered in simple dismal languages.
True! Sanskrit is a complex language, its grammar is vast, its difficult to master it, perhaps takes many years for the same, then comes
the grasp poetry in Sanskrit! Still difficult, upon that philosophy, its
totally incomprehensible. Almost all the philosophic literature is available
in archaic Sanskrit in poetry form, difficult to decode. It takes many years
of study and mastery to exhibit command over such philosophic understandings.
All such efforts would seem ridiculous, if somebody claims he understands
philosophy although he does not understand Sanskrit. Amazing still will be the
statement if one says he can express all the intricacies of the Vedas in common
man’s language! Even if we were to accept this, How come the common man
is going to understand them. Can such claim be accepted?
Srinivas Achar felt these Das culture guys were fooling
people in the name of God, for common man and dancing around with bells in their
anklets. He seriously doubted their credentials and claims of sainthood.
One day VijayDas came visiting to his place and even visited
his house. Srinivasachar out of ego and pride did not respect the learned
VijayDas, and did not even welcome him in his house. VijayDas went away smiling. But soon after this insult, Srinivasachar started losing out on health. Slowly
his health deteriorated. He contracted Kushtha [skin disease], and slowly his
moments became restricted.
Srinivas Achar now contemplated he is heading for
Apamrutyu [his longevity has decreased]. He however could not comprehend the
loss of longevity [Ayuhkshina]. So to gain longevity he prayed Lord Hanuman in
the mountains near Panchamukhi on the banks of TungaBhadra river. After 42 days
of Vayustuti Purascharan, he had a dream, where Lord Hanuman directed
him to pray Shri Raghavendra swamy in Mantralaya for further directions. [ Shri
Raghavendra has been specially sent from heavens by God to grant the wishes of
the humans, hence the direction ].
Srinivas achar spent next few days under austere conditions
as penance towards Shri Raghavendra Swamy at Mantralayam. The following
night Shri Raghavendra swamy appeared and explained to him the reason for his
loss of longevity. [Disrespect towards very learned VijayDas], so he asked him
to seek his pardon and blessings.
Srinivas Achar went to VijayDas and sought pardon, and
accepted the supremacy of poetry and dance in gaining lords’ Grace. VijayDas
directed him to go to his disciple Shri GopalDas [incarnation of Ganapathy] to
seek blessings and accept him as Guru. GopalDas was a very learned man,
he kept the entire place clean of pebbles lest his disciple would be hurt [Srinivasachar was troubled by lack of moment and kushtha].
When SrinivasAchar came and bowed to GopalDas, he
transferred his 40 years of longevity [through yoga] to a Roti of Jowar [Bhakri], and asked him to eat it to gain a 40 years. When one loses longevity owing to
disrespect no austerities can actually increase it. Someone has to donate his
longevity to make a person live more. [So never ever lose longevity, we would
not find anyone to donate life]. Without life and longevity all the riches and
fame are useless.
Despite donating 40 years, GopalDas lived for 80 years of age
and gave to this world a wonderful science and technique of Vishwopasana. He rechristened Srinivasachar as JagannathDas [srinivasachar is
incarnation of AHLAD brother of Prahlad, and hence had a very special
relationship with Shri Raghavendra swamy, a incarnation of Prahlad]
JagannathDas gave a magnum opus “HARIKATHAMRUTASARA” a
treatise on the qualities of God Narayana in the common man’s language
specially to be read by women and others ineligible for Vedas.
Krishnarpanamastu
