SKR:OF LOOPS AND SYMBOLISMS #4: 1/08: updated on pg. 132 - Page 102

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

Updated Part 52 Seven Vows Read and comment

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Gowri I guess you have not read many parts dear.

Aditi have you tried reading my fiction. Have not seen you there.

Maa Vaishno Devi took birth in the South of India in the home of Ratnakar Sagar, Her worldly parents had remained childless for a long time. Ratnakar had promised, the night before the birth of the Divine child, that he would not come in the way of whatever his child desired. Ma Vaishno Devi was called Trikuta as a child. Later She was called Vaishnavi because of Her taking birth from Lord Vishnu's lineage. When Trikuta was 9 years old, She sought her father's permission for doing penance on the sea-shore. Trikuta prayed to Lord Vishnu in the form of Rama. During Shree Ram's search for Sita, He reached the sea-shore along with His army. His eyes fell on this Divine Girl in deep meditation. Trikuta told Shree Ram that She had accepted Him as Her husband. Shree Ram had vowed to be faithful to only Sita, but he decided to give the maiden a chance. Ramji said that after bring his wife from Lanka, He would meet her. And, if She recognized Him, then He would marry Her. He left, and Maa observed the Navrata for Shri Ram's victory.

When He returned, he disguised Himself as an old man, and She didn't recognize Him. Shri Ram consoled a disheartened Trikuta that in the Kaliyug He would manifest as Kalki and would marry Her. Shree Ram asked Trikuta, until then, to meditate in the cave found in the Trikuta Range of Manik Mountains, situated in Northern India.

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Maa Vaishno Devi was sent by Shri Ram to the North, so that she can reside in the Trikuta Mountains. Why? In Hinduism, each direction is allotted to a specific god. For example, the South is presided by Yama Dev, the god of death and justice. So, if the South symbolizes death, then what does the opposite direction, North, represent? Life. And, that is precisely what Maa was sent for, to give people a life of bliss and eternal happiness by teaching them Vishnu Bhakti.

Also, why did Shri Ram disguise himself as an old man before meeting Trikuta Maa? When we are children, we are always looking for answers and explanations, to the extent that everyone else gets irritated, when we are in the old age, we are always hiding from certain truths, the truth of death especially, and when we are in our youth, we are always full of vitality and face problems bravely. Shri Ram wanted to teach us that even in old age, if on the inside, you are like a young man, then you will never be caught by Death (Trikuta Maa being a Southern child). Because anything that we aren't afraid of, we are truly liberated and free from it.

Originally posted by: shabari14

I have a question, hope it will be answered. In the Ramayan, Mahadev incarnated to help Bhagwan Vishnu. So, did he incarnate in the Dwapur Yug with Krishna, or was he there per se?

Originally posted by: shabari14

Forgot! Thanks for reminding me, di! And by the way, where is your analyses?