Re: SAGE BHARADWAJA – PART 2(LAST PART)
Rajaram Krishnamurthy
BHARATVAJA 1 AND 2 BY Gopalakrishnan
The aviveki grabs sentences from sources just copying without applying his mind to understand and do members learn these? Bharadwaj’s son is Drona; Bharatha eldest 62nd before Dasharatha adopted him; Rama met Bharadwaja; Hence RAMAYAA AND Mahabhartham happened within one man’s life that meant within 100 years?
2 Bharatwaja gotra is one or seven? What does he mean? Pravara is different from Gotra.
3 Inspite of APOURUSHEYA DEFINED IF SOMEONE IS STILL WRITING AUTHORED ETC IS HE NOT AN AVIVEKA WHO DRAIS HIS OWN KULA GOTRA?
4 Charaka Samhita, ,ayurveda , Grammar of panini mentioning vedam in 6th mandalam is reference and what was his contribution is never explained by the clay-headed. Where in sapta rishi Bharadwaja is placed is never told by the author who blindly copying and pasting without even learning.
5 Many absurdities which are really found but one must sift the right and the wrong. And where high value write up is adopted must read and learn a little atleast even if he is in that Gotra or read what all I wrote on Gotralong ago. But stupidity knew no beginning or end.
II Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज):—Bṛhaspati forcely made his brother’s (Utathya) wife Manmatā pregnant. Because both Bṛhaspati and Mamatā did not want to take care of him (because of his illicit birth), the child was called Bharadvāja. Eventually he was given to Bharata (son of Duṣmanta) by the demigods because he desired a son. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.20.36)
HOW MANY BHARATWAJAS?
Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज).—Another name of Dīrghatamas.**
**) Dīrghatamas is also called Bharadvāja. But the Bharadvāja of purāṇic fame is not Dīrghatamas. Dīrghatamas is the son whom Bṛhaspati illegitimately got of Mamatā, his brother’s wife. There was then another legitimate child in the womb of Mamatā. Knowing this the devas told her 'Bharadvāja' meaning 'bear the brunt of two' and so the son of Bṛhaspati got the name of Bharadvāja also. The real name of this son was Dīrghatamas or Vitatha. Dīrghatamas is not the Bharadvāja who was the father of Droṇa. The famous Bharadvāja was the son of Atri. Dīrghatamas or Vitatha was the adopted son of Bharata, son of Duṣyanta. (Bhāgavata and Kamparāmāyaṇa. For details see under Bharata I and Dīrghatamas. (See full article at Story of Bharadvāja from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
2) Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज).—The sage Bharadvāja of Purāṇic fame. General information. Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa of Kampa Rāmāyaṇa states that this sage was the son of Atri Maharṣi. He lived for many thousands of years. He is connected with Vālmīki and the story of Śrī Rāma. Bharadvāja was for many years a disciple of Vālmīki. He was present with Vālmīki when the hunter killed one of the couple of Krauñca. When Vālmīki and Bharadvāja reached the shores of the river, Tamasā, that day Vālmīki told Bharadvāja thus: "Look, Bharadvāja, what a clean ghat this is. The water is pure and clear. Place your water-jug here and give me my valkala. We will get down here in this sacred water". Then Vālmīki taking the valkala from the disciple walked along the shore admiring the beauty of the forest trees and found on his way the historic Krauñca couple. (Sarga 2, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa).
3) Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज).—The eldest son of the Agni, Śamyu. (Śloka 5, Chapter 219, Vana Parva, Mahābhārata).
4) Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज).—A renowned sage. Bharata, a King of the Pūru line of kings, had no sons and as he was spending his days in sorrow Marutta gave Bharata this Bharadvāja as a son. Bharadvāja who was by birth a brahmin from then onwards became a Kṣatriya. (Matsya Purāṇa 49. 27-39 and Vāyu Purāṇa 99. 152158).
5) Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज).—A maharṣi born of the line of Aṅgiras. He was the father of Yavakrīta and a friend of Raibhya, son of Viśvāmitra. Once Raibhya created a Kritya and that Kritya killed Bharadvāja’s son Yavakrīta. Unable to bear the loss of his son Bharadvāja was preparing to give up his own life by jumping into the fire when Arvāvasu brought to life Yavakrīta and gave him to the sage. Immensely pleased at the regain of his son Bharadvāja ended his life on earth and went to heaven. (Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, 165-168)
6) Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज).—A brahmarṣi who lived in the Pūrvamanvantara. He was living on the shore of Gaṅgā doing rigorous penance. One day desirous of conducting a special type of Yajña he went to bathe in the river along with other sages. There he saw the celestial beauty, Ghṛtācī, standing in all splendour after her bath. Bharadvāja had seminal emission and from that was born a daughter, Śrutavatī, to him. (Chapter 47, Śalya Parva, Mahābhārata).
When wrote as 7 branches of bharatwaja gotram, what Gopalakrishnan did not know to care to understand what he wrote is as under:
Bhāradvāja (भारद्वाज).—The collective name of a particular sect of preceptors mentioned in the Upanishads. The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad refers to this sect of preceptors as disciples of Bharadvāja, Pārāśarya, Valāka, Kauśika, Aitareya, Āsurāyaṇa and Baijavāpāyana.
A preceptor refers to a nurse employed within a health care agency who mentors, monitors, teaches, provides feedback and assesses undergraduate nursing/midwifery students in their workplace. Hence GOTRA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OR PRAVARA AGAINST THE PRECEPTORS.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad chap 4 and 6 on preceptors lien of GURUS STARTING FROM YAGNAVALKYA
अि वंिः - पौततमणष्यो गौपविणत्, गौपविः पौततमणष्यणत्, पौततमणष्यो गौपविणत् गौपविः कौमिकणत्, कौमिकः कौग्ण्डन्यणत्, कौग्ण्डन्यः िणग्ण्डल्यणत्, िणग्ण्डल्यः कौमिकणच्च गौतमणच्च, गौतमः – ॥१ ॥ 1. Now, the line of teachers (for the second two chapters called Yajnavalkya kanda): Pautimashya (received the doctrine) from Gaupavana, Gaupavana from (another) Pautimashya, (this) Pautimashya from (another) Gaupavana, this Gaupavana from Kausika, Kausika from Kaundinya, Kaundinya from Sandilya, Sandilya from (another) Kausika and Gautama, Gautama from-
आग्निवेश्यणत्, आग्निवेश्यो गणनयणणत्, गणयों गणनयणणत्, गणनयो गौतमणत् गौतमः सैतवणत्, सैतवः पणरणियणणयर्णत्, पणरणियणणयर्ो गणनयणणयर्णत्, गणनयणणयर् उद्दणलकणयिणत्, उद्दणलकणयिो जणबणलणयिणत्, जणबणलणयिो मणध्यग्न्दिणयिणत्, मणध्यग्न्दिणयिः सौकरणयर्णत्, सौकरणयर्ः कणषणयर्णत्, कणषणयर्ः सणयकणयिणत् सणयकणयिः कौमिकणयिे, कौमिकणयतिः
2. (Gautama) from Agnivesya, Agnivesya from Gargya, Gargya from (another) Gargya, (this) Gargya from (another) Gautama, (this) Gautama from Saitava, Saitava from Parasaryayana, Parasaryayana from Gargyayana, Gargyayana from Uddalakayana, Uddalakayana from Jabalayana, Jabalayana from Madhyandinayana, Madhyandinayana from Saukarayana, Saukarayana from Kashayana, Kashayana from Sayakayana, Sayakayana from Kausikayani, Kausikayani from-
घृतकौमिकणत्, घृतकौमिकः पणरणियणणयर्णत्, पणरणियणणयर्ः पणरणियणणत् पणरणियो जणतूकण्यणणत् जणतूकण्यण आसुरणयर्णच्च यणस्कणच्च, आसुरणयर्स्त्रैवर्े, त्रैवणर्रौपजन्र्िे, औपजन्र्तिरणसुरे; आसुररभणणरद्वणजणत्, भणरद्वणज आत्रेयणत्, आत्रेयो मणण्टे मणदटगतमणत्, गौतमो गौतमणत्, गौतमो वणत्स्यणत्, वणत्स्यः िणग्ण्डल्यणत्, िणग्ण्डल्यः कैिोयणणत्कणप्यणत्, कैिोयणः कणप्यः कुमणरहणररतणत्, कुमणरहणररतो गणलवणत्, गणलवो ववदभीकौग्ण्डन्यणत्, ववदभीकौग्ण्डन्यो वत्सिपणतो बणभवणत् वत्सिपणद्बणरवः पिः सौभरणत् पन्िणः सौभरोऽयणस्यणदणङ्थगरसणत्, अयणस्य आङ्थगरस आभूतेस्त्वणष्रणत् आभूततस्त्वणष्रो ववश्वरूपणत्त्वणष्रणत्, ववश्वरूपस्त्वणष्रोऽग्श्वभ्यणम्, अग्श्विौ दर्ीच आिवणर्णत्, दध्यङ्ङणिवणर्ोऽिवणर्ो दैवणत्, अिवणण दैवो मृत्योः प ् रणध्वंसिणत्, मृत्युः प्रणध्वंसिः प्रध्वंसिणत्, प्रध्वंसि एकषे, एकवषणववणप्रथचत्तेः, ववप्रथचवत्तव्यणष्टेः, व्यग्ष्टः सिणरोः, सिणरुः सिणतिणत्, सिणतिः सिगणत् सिगः परमेग्ष्ठिः, परमेष्ठी ब्रह्मर्ः, ब्रह्म स्वयंभु, ब्रह्मर्े िमः ॥३ ॥ ॥इतत चतुिणणध्यणयस्य षष्ठं ब्रणह्मर्म् ॥ ॥इतत चतुिोऽध्यणयः ॥
3. (Kausikayani) from Ghrtakausika, Ghrtakausika from Parasaryayana, Parasaryayana from Parasarya, Parasarya from Jatukarnya, Jatukarnya from Asurayana and Yaska, Asurayana from Traivani, Traivani from Aupajandhani, Aupajndhani from Asuri, Asuri from Bharadvaja, Bharadvaja from Atreya, Atreya from Manti, Manti from Gautama, Gautama from (another) Gautama, (this) Gautama from Vatsya, Vatsya from Sandilya, Sandilya from Kaisorya Kapya, Kumaraharita from Vidarbhikaundinya Kaisorya Kapya Galava, from from Kumaraharita, from Vidarbhikaundinya, Vatsanapadbabhrava, Vatsanapadbabhrava from Pantha Saubhara, Pantha Saubhara from Ayasya Angirasa, Ayasya Angirasa from Abhuti Tvashtra, Abhuti Tvashtra from Visvarupa Tvashtra, Visvarupa Tvashtra from the two Asvins, the Asvins from Dadhyach Atharvana, Dadhyach Atharvana from Atharvana Daiva, Atharvana Daiva, from Mrityu Pradhvamsana, Mrityu Pradhvamsana from Pradhvamsana, Pradhvamsana from Ekarshi, Ekarshi from Viprachitti, Viprachitti from Vyashti, Vyashti from Sanaru, Sanaru from Sanatana, Sanatana from Sanaga, Sanaga from Parameshthin, Parameshthin from Brahman (Hiranyagarbha). Brahman is self-born. Salutations to Brahman. Thus Ends the Sixth Section Entitled
Part6 SECTION V VAMSA-BRAHMANA अि वंिः । पौततमणषीपुत्रः कणत्यणयिीपुत्रणत्, कणत्यणयिीपुत्रो गौतमीपुत्रणत्, गौतमीपुत्रो भणरद्वणजीपुत्रणत्, भणरद्वणजीपुत्रः पणरणिरीपुत्रणत्, पणरणिरीपुत्र औपस्वस्तीपुत्रणत्, औपस्वस्तीपुत्रः पणरणिरीपुत्रणत्, पणरणिरीपुत्रः कणत्यणयिी- पुत्रणत्, कणत्यणयिीपुत्रः कौमिकीपुत्रणत्, कौमिकीपुत्र आलम्बीपुत्रणच्च वैयणघ्रपदीपुत्रणच्च, वैयणघ्रपदीपुत्रः कणण्वीपुत्रणच्च कणपीपुत्रणच्च, कणपीपुत्रः - ॥१ ॥ 1. Now, (follows) the line of teachers. The son of Pautimashi received the knowledge from the son of Katyayani, the son of Katyayani from the son of Gautami, the son of Gautami from the son of Bharadvaji, the son of Bharadvaji from the son of Parasari, the son of Parasari from the son of Aupasvasti, the son of Aupasvasti from the son of (another) Parasari, the son of that Parasari from the son of Katyayani, the son of Katyayani from the son of Kausiki, the son of Kausiki from the son of Alambi and the son of Vaiyaghrapadi, and the son of Vaiyaghrapadi from the son of Kanvi and the son of Kapi, and the son of Kapi— आत्रेयीपुत्रणत्, आत्रेयीपुत्रो गौतमीपुत्रणत्, गौतमीपुत्रो भणरद्वणजीपुत्रणत्, भणरद्वणजीपुत्रः पणरणिरीपुत्रणत्, पणरणिरीपुत्रो वणत्सीपुत्रणत्, वणत्सीपुत्रः पणरणिरी- पुत्रणत्, पणरणिरीपुत्रो वणकणणरुर्ीपुत्रणत्, वणकणणरुर्ीपुत्रो वणकणणरुर्ीपुत्रणत्, वणकणणरुर्ीपुत्र आतणभणगीपुत्रणत्, आतणभणगीपुत्रः िौङ्गीपुत्रणत्, िौङ्गीपुत्रः सणंकृतीपुत्रणत्, सणंकृतीपुत्र आलम्बणयिीपुत्रणत्, आलम्बणयिीपुत्र आलम्बी- पुत्रणत् आलम्बीपुत्रो जणयन्तीपुत्रणत् जणयन्तीपुत्रो मणण्डूकणयिीपुत्रणत्, मणण्डूकणयिीपुत्रो मणण्डूकीपुत्रणत्, मणण्डूकीपुत्रः िणग्ण्डलीपुत्रणत्, िणग्ण्डली- पुत्रो रणिीतरीपुत्रणत्, रणिीतरीपुत्रो भणलुकीपुत्रणत्, भणलुकीपुत्रः क्रौग्ञ्चकी- पुत्रणभ्यणम्, क ् रौग्ञ्चकीपुत्रौ वैदभृतीपुत्रणत् वैदभृतीपुत्रः कणिणकेयीपुत्रणत्, कणिणकेयीपुत्रः प ् रणचीियोगीपुत्रणत् प ् रणचीियोगीपुत्रः सणंजीवीपुत्रणत्, सणंजीवीपुत्रः प ् रणश्िीपुत्रणदणसुररवणमसिः प्रणश्िीपुत्र आसुरणयर्णत्, आसुरणयर् आसुरे; आसुररः - ॥२॥ 2. (The son of Kapi) from the son of Atreyi, the son of Atreyi from the son of Gautami, the son of Gautami from the son of Bharadvaji, the son of Bharadvaji from the son of Parasari, the son of Parasari from the son of Vatsi, the son of Vatsi from the son of (another) Parasari, the son of (later) Parasari from the son of Varkaruni, the son of Varkaruni from the son of (another) Varkaruni, the son of (later) Varkaruni from the son of Artabhagi, the son of Artabhagi from the son of Saungi, the son of Saungi from the son of Samkriti, the son of Samkriti from the son of Alambayani, the son of Alambayani from the son of Alambi, the son of Alambi from the son of Jayanti, the son of Jayanti from the son of Mandukayani, the son of Mandukayani from the son of Manduki, the son of Manduki from the son of Sandili, the son of Sandili from the son of Rathitari, the son of Rathitari from the son of Bhaluki, the son of Bhaluki from the two sons of Kraunchiki, the two sons of Kraunchiki from the son of Vaidabhriti, the son of Vaidabhriti from the son of Karsakeyi, the son of Karsakeyi from the son of Prachinayogi, the son of Prachinayogi from the son of Samjivi, the son of Samjivi from Asurivasin, the son of Prasni, the son of Prasni from Asurayana, Asurayana from Asuri, Asuri यणज्ञवल्क्यणत्, यणज्ञवल्क्य उद्दणलकणत्, उद्दणलकोऽरुर्णत्, अरुर् उपवेिेः, उपवेमिः कुश्रेः कु थश्रवणणजश्रवस, वणजश्रवण ग्जह्वणवतो बणध्योगणत्, ग ्जह्वणवणन्बणध्योगोऽमसतणद्वणषणगर्णत्, अमसतो वणषणगर्ो हररतणत्कश्यपणत्, हररत, कश्यपः मिल्पणत्कश्यपणत्, मिल्पः कश्यपः कश्यपणन्िैर्ुवेः कश्यपो िैर्ुवववणणचः, वणगग्म्भण्यणः अग्म्भण्यणददत्यणत्; आददत्यणिीमणति िुक्लणति यजू ंवष वणजसिेयेि यणज्ञवल्क्येिणख्यणयन्ते ॥ ३ ॥ 3. (Asuri) from Yajnavalkya, Yajnavalkya from Uddalaka, Uddalaka from Aruna, Aruna from Upavesi, Upavesi from Kusri, Kusri from Vajasrava, Vajasrava from Jihvavat, the son of Badhyoga, Jihvavat, the son of Badhyoga from Asita, the son of Varshagana, Asita the son of Varshagana from Harita Kasyapa, Harita Kasyapa from Silpa Kasyapa, Silpa Kasyapa from Kasyapa, the son of Nidhruva, Kasyapa, the son of Nidhruva from Vach, Vach from Ambhini, Ambhini from the sun. These white (pure) yajus received from the sun are expounded by Yajnavalkya Vajasaneya. समणिमण सणंजीवीपुत्रणत्; सणंजीवीपुत्रो मणण्डूकणयिे, मणण्डूकणयतिमणणण्ड- व्यणत्, मणण्डव्यः कौत्सणत्, कौत्सो मणदहत्िे; मणदहग्त्िवणणमकक्णयर्णत्, वणमकक्णयर्ः िणग्ण्डल्यणत्, िणग्ण्डल्यो वणत्स्यणत्, वणत्स्यः कुश्रेः कु थश्रयणज्ञवचसो रणजस्तम्बणयिणत्, यज्ञवचण रणजस्तम्बणयिस्तुरणत्कणवषेयणत्, तुरः कणवषेयः प ् रजणपतेः, प्रजणपततब्रणह्मर्ः, ब्रह्म स्वयंभु; ब्रह्मर्े िमः ॥४ ॥ ॥इतत षष्ठणध्यणयस्य पञ्चमं ब्रणह्मर्म् ॥ ॥ इतत षष्ठोऽध्यणयः ॥ 4. (Now the line of teachers for the whole Upanishad). It is the same up to the son of Samjivi; the son of Samjivi from Mandukayani, Mandukayani from Mandavya, Mandavya from Kautsa, Kautsa from Mahitthi, Mahitthi from Vamakakshayana, Vamakakshayana from Sandilya, Sandilya from Vatsya, Vatsya from Kusri, Kusri from Yajnavachas, the son of Rajastamba, Yajnavachas, the son of Rajastamba from Tura the son of Kavashi, Tura the son of Kavashi from Prajapati (Hiranyagarbha), (and) Prajapati from Brahma (the Vedas). Brahma is self-created; salutations to Brahma (the Vedas). The Upanishad closes with the names of the teachers through which this great knowledge has come down, from Prajapati up to the son of Pautimashi, from whom it has been further transmitted through teachers and disciples to the present day. Salutations and obeisance to the supreme knowledge in the form of the Vedas.
KR THUS THE GOTRA BORN ARE NAMED AS 7 BRANCHES BY GOPALA AS WRITTEN SOMEWHERE WITHOUT THE APPLICATIION OF HIS MIND YET CALLING OTHERS BY NAMES.
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--SAGE BHARADWAJA – PART 2(LAST PART)
Bharadwaja Gotra
Bharadwaja Gotra is one of the most exalted gotras (family lineages) of the Brahmin caste. Brahmins with Bharadwaja gotra may use Bharadwaja as their last name.
Bharadvaja is considered to be the initiator of the Bharadvāja gotra of the Brahmins, Khatris, Bharadvaja is the third in the row of the Pravara Rishis (Aangirasa, Barhaspatya, Bharadvaja) and is the first in the Bharadvaja Gotris, with the other two rishis being initiators of Gotras with their respective names
Among all the seven gotras Bharadvāja is the largest chain. Bharadvāja gotra has more than 1400 branches.
Its Pravara (lineage ancestors) consists of three Rishis: Angirasa, Barhaspatya, and Bharadwaja. It is a Tri-Pravara (three-sage) gotra, though sometimes referenced as Dvaya-arshaeya (two-sage) in specific contexts.
Key Details of Bharadwaja Gotra Pravara:
Pravara Rishis (3): Angirasa, Barhaspatya, and Bharadwaja.
Gotra Origin: Maharshi Bharadwaja, a Vedic sage, composer of hymns, and master of Yagna rituals, whose ashram was near Prayag.
Significance: It is a major lineage for Brahmins, as well as several communities like Kayasthas, Rajputs, and Marathas.
Marriage Customs: Due to shared lineage, marriage is prohibited within the same Gotra (Sagotra) and with those sharing the same Pravara (Sapravara), specifically the Angirasa and Barhaspatya lineages.
Abhivadaye (Prostration Formula): Usually recited as: Angirasa, Barhaspatya, Bharadwaja, Triyarshaya Pravaranwita, Bharadwaja Sagotra
in earlier days Sages were only Brahmins excepting Sage Vishwamitra. Also all the warrior brahmins became Kshatriyas later. Later all the business minded Kshatriyas became vaishyas. Hence there are people of all the three communities having a common Gotra especially Bhardwaj Gotra.
Guru Dronacharya was the son of sage Bharadwaj. All the descendants of Bharadwaj Gotra display warrior skills because sage Bharadwaj married a Kshatriya woman called Suseela.
According to Anuloma marriage, the offsprings who are born to a brahmin father and a kshatriya woman take the characteristics of Kshatriya though technically being a Brahmin. Hence the brahmin descandants of Bharadwaj Gotra are referred to as Brahma-Kshatriyas (Warrior Brahmins). They are considered to have intelligence in Vedas and war.
Inhabitancies
* Odisha: The saraswata Bramhins in Odisha are of Bharadwaja Gotra
* Kashmir: among Saraswat Brahmins who migrated to Himalayas.
* Himachal Pradesh: around 60% of Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their gotra.
* Punjab: around 45% of Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their gotra.
* Haryana: around 40%-45% of Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their gotra.
* Rajasthan: around 35% of Rajasthani Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their gotra, Rigveda as Vedanta and kuladevta as Shri Lakshmi Narsimha or Shri Narasimha.
* Maharashtra
* Among Iyers and Iyengars In TamilNadu and nambudiri In Kerala.
* Aruvela Niyogi brahmans in Andhra Pradesh
* Vaidiki velanadi brahmans in Andhra Pradesh
* Madhwa and Smartha brahmins in Karnataka.
* Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh: Bhumihar Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their Gotra.
* Mauritius (Country)- Speaking language- Hindi, Bhojpuri, Magadhi
Bharadwaja – wife and children- Additional details
He married Sushila and had a son called Garga.
His son Dronacharya was born as a result of his attraction to an Apsara Ghritachi. He trained Drona in use of weapons. Dronacharya was the famous teacher to the Kaurava and Pandavas, as told in the great Hindu epic- Mahabharata.
Bharadwaja had a daughter called Devavarnini. Yajnavalkya, the author of the Satapatha Brahmana was a descendant of Bharadwaja. The second wife of Yajnavalkya Katyayani, was the daughter of Bharadwaja.
Charaka Samhita
Bharadwaja, the ancient Rishi has been referred in Charaka Samhita as well. A renowned scholar, and economist- Rishi Bharadwaja, has been known as the first man to have studied medical science and Sage Bharadwaja was a teacher as well.
The big dipper constellation
The Big Dipper Constellation, or in Hindu Mythology the Saptarishi constellation are referred to the seven sages. Sage Bharadwaja is one amongst these seven great rishis.
Bharadwaja- Three Lives for Three Vedas
Sage Bharadwaja through his meditation was granted three lives by Lord Indra to study the three Vedas- Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda.
Rishi Bharadwaja wanted to learn the three Vedas and therefore, he asked Lord Indra for three lives of hundred years to each to study the Vedas.
However, despite the three lives, Rishi Bharadwaja could not learn the three Vedas and then also asked for a fourth life to studying the Vedas.
Sage Bhardwaja and Lord Sri Rama
It is believed that Sage Bharadwaja went to exile along with Lord Rama, and Goddess Sita, to obey his father’s words. He crossed several forests and was instrumental in crossing the River Sarayu, with the help of Ghuhan. It is also believed that Lord Rama stayed in Sage Bharadwaja’s Ashram.
Brought up by King Marudgana
Another legend says that he was found in the banks of river Ganga with the radiance of thousand suns. He was found by king Marudgana and raised him with great reverence. “Asariri” or the divine voice from heaven told the king that, he is one among the notable soul, brought to earth by Gods for a divine purpose. King Marudgana also performed the sacred thread ceremony for the Sage.
Bharadwaja- full name
His full name in Vedic texts is Bharadvaja Barhaspatya, the last name referring to his father and Vedic deity-sage Brihaspati.
Some treatises named after him or attributed to sage Bharadwaja
Dhanur-Veda, credited to Bharadvaja in chapter 12.203 of the Mahabharata, is an Upaveda treatise on archery.]
Bharadvaja Samhita, a Pancharatra text (an Agama text of Vaishnavism).
Bharadvaja srautasutra and grhyasutra, a ritual and rites of passage text from first millennium BCE.After the Kalpasutra by Baudhayana, these Bharadvaja texts are among the oldest srauta and grhya sutras known.
Sections in Ayurveda.
Bharadvaja theories on medicine and causal phenomenon is described in Charaka Samhita. Bharadvaja states, for example, that an embryo is not caused by wish, prayers, urging of mind or mystical causes, but it is produced from the union of a man's sperm and menstrual blood of a woman at the right time of her menstrual cycle, in her womb.
According to Gerrit Jan Meulenbeld, Bharadvaja is credited with many theories and practical ideas in ancient Indian medicine.
Niti sastra, a treatise on ethics and practical conduct.
Bharadvaja-siksa, is one of many ancient Sanskrit treatises on phonetics.]
Disciples of sage Bharadwaja
Bharadvaja had two disciples: Agnivesa and Drupada. Agnivesa taught Drona the mastery of the weapon Agneya, while Drupada became the king of Panchala kingdom.
Adoption by king Bharatha
One legend in the Mahabharata states that King Bharata adopted Bharadvaja as his son when he was delivered to the king by the Marutas. Bharadvaja married a kshatriya woman named Sushila.
According to the Bhagavata Purana, Bharadvaja beget a son named Manyu also known as Bhumanyu while in the Mahabharata Bhumanyu is born to him by a yajna.
Sri Rama meeting sage Bharadwaja during exile
In the epic Ramayana, Rama, Sita and Lakshmana meet Bharadvaja at his ashrama (hermitage) at the start of their fourteen-year exile. The sage asks them to stay with him through the exile, but they insist on going deeper into the forest to Chitrakuta, which was three krosha away from the ashram. Bharadvaja gives them directions. Bharata is received at the ashrama by Bharadvaja when attempted to locate Rama in order to bring Sita, Lakshmana, and him back to Ayodhya.
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1) Bhāradvāja (भारद्वाज).—An ancient grammarian quoted by Panini in his rules to show differences of opinion; cf. ऋतो भारद्वाजस्य (ṛto bhāradvājasya) VII. 2.63;
2) Bhāradvāja.—Name of a country in the days of Panini cf. कृकणपर्णाद्भारद्वाजे (kṛkaṇaparṇādbhāradvāje) P. IV. 2.145,
KR: The above bharatwaja are different from the rishi but hurriedly copied to teach the not-knowing as if so many acts of bharatwaja rishi’s work. There is A RASA IN AYURVEDA NAMED AS BHARADWAJA RASA WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RISHI. THERE WAS A GRAMMARIAN AFTER PANINI BY THAT NAME WHO WROTE A GRAMMAR WHERE PANINI WAS QUOTED AND HAS NO CORELATION TO SAPTA RISHI BHARADWAJA BUT THE AVIVEKI WROTE DIFFERENTLY GIVING WRONG INFORMATIONS.
Bhāradvāja (भारद्वाज) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—[Cf. Jñānapāda chapter 1, verses 99-114]—First is explained the folly of following more than one Saṃhitā for a single series of rituals. Then the names of the 108 Tantras of the Pāñcarātra corpus are named [e.g., Bhāradvāja]. Even those who repeat these 108 titles will gain salvation.
Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज) is the name of a sage who was in the company of Bharata when he recited the Nāṭyaveda them, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 35. Accordingly, they asked the following questions, “O the best Brahmin (lit. the bull of the twice-born), tell us about the character of the god who appears in the Preliminaries (pūrvaraṅga). Why is the sound [of musical instruments] applied there? What purpose does it serve when applied? What god is pleased with this, and what does he do on being pleased? Why does the Director being himself clean, perform ablution again on the stage? How, O sir, the drama has come (lit. dropped) down to the earth from heaven? Why have your descendants come to be known as Śūdras?”. And he is not that sapta rishi.
Bhāradvāja (भारद्वाज) or Bhāradvājasaṃhitā is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a sāttvika type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group s called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika (e.g., Bhāradvāja-saṃhitā). b. Rājasa. c. Tāmasa. Bharadvāja (भरद्वाज) refers to one of the five preceptors mentioned in the Īśvarasaṃhitā of the Pāñcarātra division of the Vaiṣṇava Āgamas.—The Īśvarasaṃhitā is said to be a derivative of the Sāttvatasaṃhitā which is the very essence of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. [...] The Īśvarasaṃhitā (I.21) states that Śāṇḍilya, Aupagāyana, Mauṃjāyana, Kauśika and Bharadvāja were the important preceptors who preached the Pāñcaratra doctrine to the people individually for five days and nights. AND NOT THE SAPTA RISHI.
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Bhāradvāja (भारद्वाज) or Bhāradvājarasa is the name of a Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fifth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 13, Pandu: anaemia and Kamala: jaundice). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, since it is an ayurveda treatment it should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts. Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., bhāradvāja-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines) THUS, NOT OF SAPTA RISHI.
{{{ Bharadvaja in Theravada glossary buddism:
1. Bharadvaja. One of the two chief disciples of Kassapa Buddha. J.i.43; Bu.xxv.39; SNA.i.293.
2. Bharadvaja Thera. He belonged to the Bharadvajagotta and was a brahmin of Rajagaha. He sent his son Kanhadinna to Takkasila, to study under a certain teacher, but, on the way there, the boy met a Thera, entered the Order, and became an arahant. Bharadvaja, too, heard the Buddha preach at Veluvana, became a monk, and attained arahantship. Later, when Kanhadinna visited the Buddha at Rajagaha, he met his father and learnt from him of his attainments.
Thirty one kappas ago, Bharadvaja met the Pacceka Buddha Sumana and gave him a vallikara fruit (Thag.vss.177 8; ThagA.i.302f). He is, perhaps, identical with Vallikaraphaladayaka of the Apadana. Ap.ii.416; but the same Apadana verses are given under Bhalliya (ThagA.i.49).
3. Bharadvaja Thera. He was the eldest of a clan of Bharadvajas living in Rajagaha and his wife was a Dhananjani brahminee. The wife was a devout follower of the Buddha, and constantly sang the praises of the Buddha, of his teachings, and of the Order. Annoyed at this, Bharadvaja went to the Buddha and asked a question. He was so pleased with the answer that he joined the Order and not long after became an arahant (S.i.160f), several of his brothers following his example. (See Bharadvaja 5)
4. Bharadvaja. A young brahmin, pupil of Tarukkha. A discussion between him and Vasettha led to the preaching of the Tevijja Sutta (D.i.235), and also the Vasettha Sutta (SN., p.115ff.; M.ii.197f).
Bharadvaja later became the Buddhas follower (D.i.252; SN., p. 123). The Agganna Sutta was preached to him and to Vasettha when they were undergoing the probationary period prior to their becoming fully ordained monks (D.iii.80).
Buddhaghosa says (DA.iii.860) that they accepted the Buddha as their teacher at the conclusion of the Vasettha Sutta and entered the Order at the end of the Tevijja Sutta. Later, while meditating on the teachings of the Agganna Sutta, they became arahants (DA.iii.872). According to Buddhaghosa, Bharadvaja belonged to a noble family worth forty five crores (DA.iii.860).
5. Bharadvaja. The name of a brahmin clan; about twenty individuals belonging to this clan are mentioned in the Pitakas. In one family, living at Rajagaha, the eldest was married to a Dhananjani brahmince and later became an arahant. (See Bharadvaja 3)
His brothers: Akkosaka Bharadvaja, Asurindaka Bharadvaja, Bilangika Bharadvaja and Sangarava Bharadvaja, followed him (S.i.160ff.; SA.i.175ff.; MA.ii.808).
Several other Bharadvajas living in Savatthi visited the Buddha there, and joined the Order and became arahants; viz.,Ahimsaka Bharadvaja,}}} K RAJARAM IRS 11326
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Bharadvājas in the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā
—The seers occupy an important place in Vedas as well as the cultural history of India. For the proper understanding of the Vedic literature, it is very necessary to know the four essential aspects, viz., Ṛṣi, Chanda, Devatā, and Viniyoga. Yāska, the author of Nirukta mentions that a ṛṣi is indeed one who sees. [KR: NOT ONE WHO WROTE OR OWNWD IT AS 6 7TH MANDALA ARE NOT OWNED BY BHARATWAJA RIG VEDAM BEING APOURUSHEYA]] Sāyaṇa in his introduction to the commentary of the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā seems to connect the word ṛṣi with dṛś(to see). According to him, Veda, which was beyond the scope of sense perception, was revealed by the seers. As they first saw the Vedas, so they are known as ṛṣis. Therefore, from times immemorial, the seers have been known as Sūktadraṣṭāraḥ and not Sūktakartāraḥ. Moreover, Yāska in his Nirukta also states that the ṛṣis, to whom the knowledge was directly revealed, imparted it through direct instruction, to others to whom it was not revealed. These latter becoming diffident about the continuity of this direct tradition and with a view to preserving every single letter of it, composed the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. The seers of the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā have played a very significant role in the religious, social, political and literary history of ancient India. The seers of the family maṇḍalas of the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā in accordance are—Gṛtsamada, Viśvāmitra,Vāmadeva, Atri, Bharadvāja, and Vasiṣṭha. Among them, Bharadvāja and Vasiṣṭha, who are the seers of the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā made significant contribution to the making of the ancient Indian culture and civilization. [NOT RIG VEDA]
Bharadvāja, the seer of the sixth maṇḍala:—Bharadvāja is one of the great seers of the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā. According to Sarvānukramaṇī, the sixth maṇḍala of the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā is ascribed to Bharadvāja and his family members. Therefore, this maṇḍala is also known as Bharadvājamaṇḍala. The Sarvānukramaṇī mentions that Bharadvāja is the son of Bṛhaspati. To support this view, the Bṛhaddevatā also states that Bharadvāja was the son of Bṛhaspati and the grandson of Aṅgiras who was among several sons of Brahmā. The sixth maṇḍala is stated to be his and his sons. Bharadvāja also got another name, Vidathin.
(1) Bharadvājas in the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā:
In the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā, Bharadvājas are mentioned 19 times.
These are as follows:
Bharadvājaḥ-X.181.2 1
Bharadvājāḥ-VI.25.9, 50.15 2
Bharadvājam-I.112.13, X.150.5 2
Bharadvājān-VI.47.25 1
Bharadvājāya-I.116.18, VI.15.3, 16.5, 16.33, 31.4, 48.13, 63.10. 7
Bharadvāje-VI.17.14, 48.7 2
Bharadvājeṣu-I.59.7, VI.10.6, 23.10, 35.4 {19 TIMES} 4
From the above information it is found that the name Bharadvāja occurs twelve times in singular and seven times in plural. Moreover, the derivatives of the term bharadvājavat ‘like Bharadvāja’ or ‘accompanied by Bharadvāja’ and bhāradvāja, a descendant of Bharadvāja, each occur once in Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā. According to Rahurkar the singular form stands for the progenitor of the family, i.e., Bharadvāja, and the plural for the family or its members; and the derivative Bhāradvājavat is to be taken in the sense of his descendants.
(2) Bharadvājas in the sixth maṇḍala:
The sixth maṇḍala of the Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā consists of 75 (seventy five) hymns. According to Sarvānukramaṇī, the seers and their hymns of this maṇḍala are given below-
Hymns — Seers
(i) — 1-14, 16-30, 37-43, 53-74 Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya;
(ii) — 15 Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya or Vitahavya;
(iii) — 31, 32 Suhotra Bharadvāja;
(iv) — 33,34 Śunahotra;
(v) — 35, 36 Nara;
(vi) — 44-46, 48 Śaṃyu Bārhaspatya;
(vii) — 47 Garga;
(viii) — 49-52 Ṛjiśvan;
(ix) — 75 Pāyu;
From the above-mentioned table it is clear that out of 75 (seventy five) hymns, entirely 59 (fifty nine) hymns are revealed by the seer Bharadvāja himself and others are by his descendants.
aviditvā ṛṣiṃ chando daivataṃ yogameva ca / yo’adhyāpayejjapedvāpi pāpīyān҄ jāyate tu saḥ // ṛṣichandodaivatāni brāhmaṇārthaṃ svarādvapi / aviditvā prayūn҄ jāno mantrakaṇṭaka ucyate // Bṛhaddevatā ,VIII.136
cf. tathātindriyasya vedasya parameśvarānugraheṇa prathamato darśanāt, ṛṣitvamabhipretya smaryate “yugānte’ntarhitān vedān cetihāsān maharṣayaḥ / lebhire tapasā pūrvamanujn҄ ātā svayambhuvā” // Sāyaṇa on Ṛgveda ,Vol.1,p.32
cf. sākṣātkṛtadharmāṇa ṛṣayo babhūvuste’varebhyo’sākṣātkṛtadharmabhya upadeśena mantrān saṃprāduḥ / upadeśāya glāyanto’vare bilmagrahaṇāyemaṃ graṇṭhaṃ samāmnāsiṣurvedaṃ ca vedāṅgāni ca // Nirukta ,I.20
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