SPLASHES FROM HINDU MAHASAGAR 7 - Mythological Management of the Universe by Chand K Sharma *** Jai Maharaj posts
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Splashes from Hindu Massage - 7
Mythological Management of the Universe
Long before Aristotle and other European exponents of political as
well as management science propounded their theories, India possessed
a precise blue print of Management system that will dwarf the concept
of ultra modern management gurus of our century. The division of
various departments, work responsibility, duties attributed to
various functionaries and infrastructure available to them for their
performance have conceptually remained the same all over, except
with the advent of science and technology, it has changed the looks.
After Indian mythology came into being, Management of universe
followed an almost similar pattern in all the other pagan
mythologies. Only the names of angles, their subordinates,
assignments and physical descriptions sometimes varied according to
the geography, likes and traditions of propagators and local
environment.
Hindu mythology is in very brief as under:-
Indra is the Chief of Devtas and is the master of heavens. Besides he
holds the charge of Thunder, Rain and Lightning; to denote nothing
moves without power. His life style and actions match the Chief
Executive of any global corporation of modern times. He is The
Viceroy of Supreme God. As Head of the Celestial Government, he
applies all the tools and tactics of modern governance as CIA does
today. He does not shy away even from the use of all kinds of powers
and allurements, including the use of wine and women, to achieve his
objectives. He rides a proverbial white elephant, the costliest
vehicle and lives in heaven, possessing all the riches and luxuries
one can imagine.
Agni (Fire) is next to Indra. The sacrifices made to Agni go to the
gods through Agni. He represents the power that digests the food. In
art Agni is represented as red and two-faced, suggesting his
destructive and beneficent qualities.
Soorya (Sun) is the chief solar deity and the center point of our
solar system. He is the God who can be seen and is regulating almost
every thing that affects life on our planet.
The Vayu (Wind) is a very early wind god.
Varun is the master of water, the most essential commodity in the
Universe.
Yum is the god of Death. Without him life would be miserable on
earth. If Death was not there Chingez Khan, Babur, Aurangzeb, Nadir
Shah and many of the past characters would have been around us.
Kuber is the god of wealth. He bears the image of present day's money
lander and finance advisers.
Mitra appears the god of honesty, friendship, and contracts, a fore
runner of public administration.
Kaam is the god of love. With wife Rati the couple can surpass all
the fantasies of modern generation, and has been a source of
inspiration to saints like Valentine!
Aditi (limitless) is a goddess of consciousness, the past, the future
and fertility.
All the attributes associated with the gallery of gods can be
rationalized separately in detail, but here only a glimpses of
portfolios has been mentioned for the sake of brevity.
In Hindu mythology, importance of women has never been over looked.
It signifies the importance of married life of all species of the
world. It also underlines the division of responsibilities and status
of males and females. The power of granting boons and curses is
equally available to the spouse of gods and they are more or less on
equal footing. The gods do respect their wives and are never alone.
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are married to goddesses Sarsawati
(Knowledge), Lakshmi (wealth) and Durga (Power) respectively. Their
relationship with spouse God is based on rationality. Creativity
requires knowledge, preservation requires material wealth and
destructive-ness requires physical force. The positive and negative
aspects of knowledge, wealth and Power are depicted by the flowers
and weapons carried by the goddesses.
Some other ever living mythological heroes are:-
Ganesh is the god of Wisdom. He is worshiped first in any prayers as
without wisdom you shall have hurdles all around in every activity.
Wisdom is a pre-requisite to every action. Therefore Ganesh's
mantras are repeated first before every auspicious work is begun.
Ganesh has a human body, an elephant's head and a mouse as His
vehicle. Riding on a mouse, one of nature's smallest creatures and
having the head of an elephant, the biggest of all animals, denotes
that Ganesh is the creator of all creatures. It also denotes the
process of evolution. The mouse gradually evolves into an elephant
and finally becomes a man.
Kartikeya is the god of masculinity and war, and leader of the armies
of the gods. He rides a peacock.
Narada Rishi is the Sage of the gods and is ever living. He moves
about in the three worlds and can be rightly called as the patron of
media-men and a moving data bank. He is supposed to know everything
that is happening at any place and keeps the Almighty informed. He
can appear at any place and at any time. It is very unfortunate that
he is often sarcastically depicted as a comic character in films and
literature. Hindus possess a sharp sense of humor even to laugh at
oneself.
Hanuman is the living embodiment of an ideal selfless worker, and a
true Karma Yogi (Man of Action). He lived to serve Rama. He was
humble, brave, and wise and possessed all the divine virtues. He
never boasted of his bravery and intelligence.
The Hindu mythology developed side by side of abstract philosophy as
a training aid for visualization of the concept. It was continuously
updated to keep pace with the developing thought process. Source of
Hindu mythology can be traced in Vedic, Puranic and Epic literature.
It is the most fascinating animation of various personified traits
depicting the richness of imagination, closer to reality.
Chand K Sharma
End of forwarded message from Chand K Sharma
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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