#mother

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoZ4bG2jxQQ
A set of beautiful #Sanskrit #Prayers from Upanishads and Vedas to sound or listen to at the beginning of any activities or undertakings. With special thanks to Mirco, Elena, George and the beautiful landscape around Athens.

00:17 #Prayer to the #Universal #Mother
01:09 Sahanāvavatu (Upanishadic Invocation giving protection and strength)
02:38 Vān Me Manasi (Vedic Prayer for clarity of speech and mind and for protection through this)
04:09 sung English translation of Vān Me Manasi Vedic Prayer

yew@diasp.eu

I got more than 80 letters my father wrote to his mother when he was a soldier in the Hitler army, all handwritten oc by the 19 year old Tony.
What shall I do with them? ... I read only a few. They all of the great love for his mother Hermine

#ya #father #letters #army #mother

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaP7onvxOOY
Thousands of years ago, a young lady is believed to have started dancing in ecstasy after a single realization that changed her life forever: that her life originated from the #infinite #Consciousness that is #formless and #present in every form. What emerged was a spontaneous expression of this #ecstasy in praise of that Consciousness which we today know as ' #Ya #Devi Sarva Bhutessu'.
#music #chanting
Sage Vak, the composer, has captured every part of human existence and attributed it to the #Mother #Divine. This #chant, which originates in the #RigVeda, has become a part of the daily Navratri prayers and sadhana. Simple and profound.

Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Vishnumaayeti Shabditaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Chetanety-Abhidhiiyate |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Buddhi-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Nidra-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Kssudhaa-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Chaayaa-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Shakti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Trshnnaa-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Kshaanti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Jaati-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Lajjaa-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Shaanti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Shraddhaa-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devii Sarva Bhuteshu Kaanti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Lakshmii-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Vrtti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Smrti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Dayaa-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Tushtti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Maatr-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhuteshu Bhraanti-Ruupenna Samsthitaa |
Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net

#picasso #art #mother #children
MOTHER LEADING CHILDREN
Picasso~1901.
- The image is modeled after a woman Picasso encountered in 1901 at the Prison of Saint-Lazare in Paris where women would be incarcerated with their infants. Picasso continued painting on the Saint-Lazare prison 'mother and child' theme even after moving from Paris to Barcelona in January 1902.

girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net

#mother
The Laundress
1850 - 1853
Artist: Honore Daumier
- French artist Daumier was familiar with and cared about the common people's lives. In this painting, he portrayed a very common scene from life, a mother with laundry and her child. The painter highlights the characters' body movements, which depicts a mother rushing home and reveals her spirit of bravely struggling with life.

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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#Punarvasu #Nakshatra, often associated with Lord Rama’s birth star, carries a profound symbolism linked to the ‘quiver and arrow.’ According to the legend, Lord Rama possessed a quiver that never ran out of arrows, whether he was on the battlefield or on a journey. This symbolizes the idea of always having the necessary tools for success. Remarkably, it accompanied him during his exile and the epic battle against Ravana.

In essence, Punarvasu teaches us the value of leading a humble and simplistic life, regardless of our origins. Those born under this star are not driven by materialism; instead, they prioritize duty and honor over luxury. They have a knack for finding straightforward solutions to even the most complex questions, embodying the beauty of simplicity Punarvasu Nakshatra.

Translation “Return of the Light”
Symbol Bow and quiver with arrows
Animal Symbol #Cat
Presiding Deity #Aditi, #mother of the #Gods
Controlling/Ruling Planet #Moon
Ruling Deity of Jupiter #Parvati
The 4 Quarters of Punarvasu Nakshatra
1st quarter Ruled by Mars
2nd quarter Ruled by Venus
3rd quarter Ruled by Mercury
4th quarter Ruled by Moon
Nature #Deva (God-like)
Mode #Passive
Number #7
Gender #Female
Dosha #Vata
Guna #Sattwa
Element #Water
Disposition #Movable ( #chara)
Bird #Swan
Common Name of the Tree #Bamboo / Vaans
Botanical Name of the Tree Bambusa Vulgaris
Seed Sounds Ke, Ko, Ha, Hi.
https://horoscopeeveryday.com/punarvasu-nakshatra/

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

#RgVeda and we want to be careful about whether this degrades everything:

93-94. (?) The Pitṛs named Ājyapās are the sons born of Pulaha who was born of Kardama, the Prajāpati. They reside in those worlds which can go wherever one desires. They move about in the sky in various forms and shapes. The groups of Vaiśyas who seek benefit worship these Pitṛs in Śrāddha.

  1. Their mental daughter is well known by the name Virajā. She was the chaste wife of Nahuṣa and the mother of Yayāti.

  2. The Pitṛs named Sukālas are the sons of the noble-souled Vasiṣṭha, son of Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahmā). The Śūdras worship them.

  3. Those worlds where they stay in the #heaven are #Mānasa by name. Their mental daughter is Narmadā, the most excellent river.

  4. She sanctifies the living beings as she proceeds along the Dakṣiṇāpatha (southern tract and territory). She was the #wife of #Purukutsa and the #mother of #Trasaddasyu.

  5. It is after accepting these that Manu the lord of the Manvantara initiates the Śrāddha rites everywhere.

It's of course a little weird, hard to tell who is intended to be human. Maybe weirder to think of Arya kings as "wedded" to the southern #Narmada #River.

#Rudra is reborn in each of these #Manvantaras, and #Agni and the #Pitrs are the only thing that stays the same.

Individuals change names, classes change jobs, for example Sadhyas are now Adityas, everything else is a flux besides Agni and Pitrs.

So those are two branches that use his two wives, ##Svaha and Svadha, for the #ending of #mantras. They are his #power or, i. e. Svaha carries mantras to #Devas, Svadha to the Pitrs, Sraddha Rite, which upon examination is about #Time rather than #ancestors. Agni shows manifested units of time, the #day, #year, etc., whereas Pitrs are much like #Father-Time, duration in the abstract.

Most streams of Purana have dissipated all this, such as:

Sādhya (साध्य) refers to a group of deities that was once worshipped in ancient #Kashmir (Kaśmīra) according to the Nīlamatapurāṇa.—Various groups of the deities like #Ādityas, #Vasus, #Sādhyas, #Viśvedevas and #Maruts have their place in the #pantheon of the #Nīlamata but nothing significant is said about them.

Or they may be found shuffled in to #Shiva #Ganas that have nothing to do with this.

Where discussed, they may include:

Arthasiddhi

Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 24. 27; 38. 3.

and importantly:

Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, lying in sleep in the vast mass of water.*

  • Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 108.

live in Bhuvarloka; Nārāyaṇa, their overlord

in the [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] their world is said to be above the sphere of the gods; according to Yāska [Nirukta, by Yāska xii, 41] their locality is the Bhuvarloka or middle region between the #earth and #sun;

in the later mythology they seem to be superseded by the Siddhas

The easily-copied rosters of Sadhyas are:

Manas, Mantṛ, Prāṇa, Nara, Pāna, Vinirbhaya, Naya, Daṃśa, Nārāyaṇa, Vṛṣa, Prabhu

Mana, Anumanta, Prāṇa, Nara, Apāna, Vīryavān, Vīti, Naya, Haya, Haṃsa, Nārāyaṇa, Vibhu, and Prabhu

The latter, from #Brihadaranyaka #Upanishad, is in the context that they take birth at will, consciously. The same group of entities changes names and kingdoms; the twelve #souls have #continuity. And so they remember that they once were, on the ideal or ideational plane:

Prāṇa, Apāna, Udāna, Samāna, Vyāna, Cakṣus, Śrotram, Rasa, Ghrāṇa, Sparśa, Buddhi and Manas.

There for example is #Mind's Eye, #Caksus, which is unlike #Indra, because #ordinary #vision requires a physical #eyeball and a #psychological response to stimulus, may be easily tricked. This is i#ncorporeal vision that represents #Perfect #Sight.

"Later #mythology" means the Sadhyas appear in #Mahabharata numerous times, but, barely have any references in Bhagavata Purana.

" #Narayana" is in #Rg-Veda as the author of Purusha Sukta. That's it