Written by London Swaminathan
Date: 19 JANUARY 2018
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Post No. 4636
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Chanakya says some strange things about the Brahmins and the End of Kali Yuga
Chanakya says in his Chanakya Niti Sastra,
“Lakshmi’s words to Vishnu: O Lord, in disgust I avoid always the house of the Brahmins because the angry one (Agastya) drank my father (ocean), the sage Bhrgu hit with his foot my husband (Vishnu), right from childhood Brahmins carry my adversary (Sarasvati) in the cavity of their mouth, day and day out destroy my house (the lotus) for offering worship to Siva.”
Chapter 15, sloka 16
This sloka reveals two things:
1.There is a proverb in Tamil, Where is money (Panam), there is no Virtue (Gunam). In other words Lakshmi, Goddess of wealth never resides where there is Sarasvati, Goddess of Education. This is very true in Indian context. Most of the poets lived in acute poverty. Bharati, the greatest of the modern Tamil poets, suffered from poverty till his death. So the message is that Money and virtue don’t go together.
2.The second thing is a compliment to Brahmins, not a complaint against the Brahmins. Sarasvati lives in their tongues from their early childhood. This means they are well versed in the Vedas. Vak Devi and Sarasvati are praised in the Rig Veda, the oldest religious book in the world. And the Brahmins used the lotus flower for Siva Puja (flower offering to Lord Siva)
Fame comes from Luck!
In another sloka, Chanakya praises Lord Vishnu indirectly.
“A small hillock on the earth was held by you on a finger with ease. Because of this your praise is sung under the name of Govardhana both in the heaven and the earth.
Yasoda’s remark “I cary you, O Kesava, the carrier of all the worlds, on the tips of my breasts. (Still nobody sings my praises), O Kesava, enough of words. Fame comes from luck”
Chanakya Niti, Chapter 15, sloka 19.
These are called Nindha Stutis. That is you criticise someone in words explicitly, but the real implicit meaning is that you praise him or her. You have to read between the lines.
Chanakya’s Strange Prediction
Chanakya, the greatest genius of ancient India, made a strange prediction in one of the slokas:-
“Hari leaves the earth with the passage of ten thousand years in Kali Yuga, in the half of that period does the Ganga water and in the half of that village deity”.
It is very strange that the village deity disappears first, then the River Ganges disappears and then only God leaves the earth. So we may measure the progress of Kaliyuga by the Ganges.
The sloka is as follows:
Kalau dasa shasreshu Harisyajati medhiniim
tadardhe jahnaviitoyam tadardhe gramadevataa
Chapter 11, sloka 4
We have already passed 5000 year limit In Kaliyuga. But Ganga is still flowing but not with its original pristine purity. So Chanakya might have mentioned Deva year and not the human year.
–Subham–
Tamil and Vedas 