In deference to the beseeching by Bhumidevi, the four-faced Brahma, together with the other devatas descended upon the ocean of milk. He deified the supreme being and the sublime qualities that adumbrate Him by means of the Purushasookta.
The index finger follows the thumb and it indicates a person (self or others) or the soul. It is a directive finger, so a person uses it to address others. As qualified earlier, the thumb represents the Almighty God. The index finger (soul) is not with thumb (God) but with the other fingers – middle, ring and little fingers that signify ignorance, desire and duty respectively.
King Bhima pronounced the swayamvara of Damayanti. Several gallant kings hastened to attend it. Along with Nala, Indra-Agni-Yama-Varuna assumed the physical appearance of Nala and remained seated in the swayamvara pavilion.
Rucheeka bestowed his wife Satyavati with a boon, as a result of which, Vishwamitra attained the stature of a Brahman and became purified. Therefore, Lord Rama along with Lakshmana chose to be his disciples. (Pūtaṁ vipratvaprāptyā pavitraṁ viśvāmitraṁ āpnōti śiṣyatayā prāpnōtīti pūtātmā)
Shukracharya, due to various reasons revived Bali who was a demon with sātvika nature. In spite of being a great scholar, Shukracharya helped the demons. The simplest reasoning for this is that Almighty’s wish was such. It was Almighty Himself who sent Shukracharya to assist the demons. The whole purpose of this was to make the demons powerful.
आत्म शब्दः परे विष्णौ नाsन्यत्र क्वचिदिष्यते |गुणपूर्त्यभिधायी सः नाsन्यत्र गुणपूर्णता |अमुख्यात्मान एवाsतो ब्रह्माद्या सर्व एव हि || – (इत्यादि ब्रह्माण्डे ऐतरेय भाष्य २-२-७)Atma shabdaH parE… Read More »Sarvamoola Sandesha
Whenever paramAtma gives punishment, if one still thinks of it with devotion as a blessing (to improve) then only good accrues. There too, if one were to hate paramAtma, the same punishment leads to andhantamas (Eternal darkness).