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Sushruta Samhita Uttaratantra Chapter 37 Grahotpatti Adhyaya (Genesis of Grahas)


AIAPGET Factors

        Variety of Grahas in keeping with Aharya Sushruta – 9. Some are male and a few are feminine Grahas.

        Graha Rogas – The illnesses occurring in kids once they get seized by Grahas are referred to as Graha Rogas.

        Type of Grahas – magnificent, have divine but inhuman types or non-human types.

        Who created Grahas? – Kritika, Uma, Agni and Suli (Lord Shiva)

        Goal with which Grahas had been created – to guard Guha (Subramanya) although Guha was protected by his personal radiance.

        Options of Feminine Grahas – have totally different types, are types of Ganga, Uma and Krtika, predominant in Rajo Guna or Tamo Guna in nature

        Options of Naigamesa Graha – has goat face, created by Parvati, holds Kumara (Lord Kartikeya) and is an effective pal of Lord Guha (who’s like himself)

        Options of Skanda Graha (synonyms – Sikanda Sakha, Visakha, Kumara Graha) – was created by Lord Tripurari (Lord Shiva), created by Agni and therefore has fire-like radiance.

        SKANDA – was appointed because the commander of the military of GODS.

        Three sorts of dwelling beings in keeping with Lord Shiva (as mentioned to Grahas) – Tiryak Yoni (animals), Manusa Yoni (human beings) and Deva Yoni (divine species).

        Whom do the Grahas seize? – Kids of these households who don’t worship or respect Gods, their forefathers, Brahmanas, Ascetics, Preceptors and Visitors. Those that have deserted all righteous behaviours and guidelines of cleanliness. Those that subsist and rely on meals ready for others and those that don’t provide oblations to Gods and alms to the needy. Those that eat meals in damaged vessels.

        When seized by Skanda Graha – BODY DISTORTION or DEATH of the kid is nearly positive.

        SKANDA GRAHA is alleged to be essentially the most terrific and troublesome amongst all Grahas. It’s not possible to remedy the kid seized by SKANDA GRAHA.

 

The thirty seventh chapter of Uttaratantra of Sushruta Samhita is known as as Grahotpatti Adhyaya. This chapter offers with the Genesis of Grahas.  

अथातो ग्रहोत्पत्तिमध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||
यथोवाच भगवान् धन्वन्तरिः ||२||

We’ll now expound Grahotpatti Adhyaya – chapter on genesis of graha (evil spirits); as revealed by the venerable Dhanvantari.

Origin of Grahas

नव स्कन्दादयः प्रोक्ता बालानां  इमे ग्रहाः |
श्रीमन्तो दिव्यवपुषो नारीपुरुषविग्रहाः ||३||
एते गुहस्य रक्षार्थं कृत्तिकोमाग्निशूलिभिः |
सृष्टाः शरवणस्थस्य रक्षितस्यात्मतेजसा ||४||

There are in complete 9 Grahas by names Skanda Graha and so forth. All these Grahas would seize the youngsters and trigger many illnesses. They’re referred to as Graha Rogas. Amongst these Grahas, some are male and a few are feminine. They’re magnificent and have divine but inhuman types or non-human types. These Grahas had been created by Kritika, Uma, Agni and Suli (Lord Shiva) with the aim of defending Guha (Subramanya) despite him being protected by the radiance of his personal.

Options of Grahas

स्त्रीविग्रहा ग्रहा ये तु नानारूपा मयेरिताः |
गङ्गोमाकृत्तिकानां ते भागा राजसतामसाः ||५||
नैगमेषस्तु पार्वत्या सृष्टो मेषाननो ग्रहाः |
कुमारधारी देवस्य गुहस्यात्मसमः सखा ||६||
स्कन्दापस्मारसञ्ज्ञो यः सोऽग्निनाऽग्निसमद्युतिः |
  स्कन्दसखा नाम विशाख इति चोच्यते ||७||
स्कन्दः सृष्टो भगवता देवेन त्रिपुरारिणा |
बिभर्ति चारपरां सञ्ज्ञां कुमार इति  ग्रहः ||८||

The feminine Grahas have the under talked about options –

        They’ve totally different types

        They’re types or components of Ganga, Uma and Krttika (creted by Uma and so forth)

        They’re predominantly Rajasa (wealthy in Rajo guna) or Tamasa (wealthy in Tamo guna) in nature

Naigamesa –

        has the face of a goat

        is created by Parvati,

        holds kumara (divine protector of Lord Kartikeya who’s also referred to as Kumara), and

        is an effective pal of Lord Guha (who’s like himself)

Skandā –

        can be referred to as by different names i.e. Skanda Sakha which suggests pal of Skanda and likewise bys identify – Visakha and Kumara Graha

        was created by Lord Tripurari i.e. Lord Siva

        created by Agni (hearth)

        and therefore has radiance like that of fireside

बाललीलाधरो योऽयं देवो रुद्राग्निसम्भवः |
मिथ्याचारेषु भगवान् स्वयं नैष प्रवर्तते ||९||
कुमारः स्कन्दसामान्यादत्र केचिदपण्डिताः |
गृह्णातीत्यल्पविज्ञाना ब्रुवते देहचिन्तकाः ||१०||

These grahas talked about above, created by Lord Rudra and Lord Agni are infantile in nature and do childlike actions. They might seize solely these kids who’re indulged in unrighteous actions. The Gods Rudra and Agni would by no means seize kids all by themselves and it’s only the grahas which might seize the youngsters.

The unwise physicians who would not have a lot data of Grahas take into account Kumara and Skannda Graha as one and the identical because of ignorance. That is due to related names and attributes of each these Grahas.

ततो भगवति स्कन्दे सुरसेनापतौ कृते |
उपतस्थुर्ग्रहाः सर्वे दीप्तशक्तिधरं गुहम् ||११||
ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयश्चैनं वृत्तिं नः संविधत्स्व वै |
तेषामर्थे ततः स्कन्दः शिवं देवमचोदयत् ||१२||
ततो ग्रहांस्तानुवाच भगवान् भगनेत्रहृत् |
तिर्यग्योनिं मानुषं च दैवं च त्रितयं जगत् ||१३||
परस्परोपकारेण वर्तते धार्यतेऽपि च |
देवा मनुष्यान् प्रीणन्ति तैर्यग्योनींस्तथैव च ||१४||
वर्तमानैर्यथाकालं शीतवर्षोष्णमारुतैः |
इज्याञ्जलिनमस्कारजपहोमव्रतादिभिः ||१५||
नराः सम्यक् प्रयुक्तैश्च प्रीणन्ति त्रिदिवेश्वरान् |
भागधेयं विभक्तं च शेषं किञ्चिन्न विद्यते ||१६||
तद्युष्माकं शुभा वृत्तिर्बालेष्वेव भविष्यति |
कुलेषु येषु नेज्यन्ते देवाः पितर एव च ||१७||
ब्राह्मणाः साधवश्चैव गुरवोऽतिथयस्तथा |
निवृत्ताचारशौचेषु परपाकोपजीविषु ||१८||
उत्सन्नबलिभिक्षेषु भिन्नकांस्योपभोजिषु |
गृहेषु तेषु ये बालास्तान् गृह्णीध्वमशङ्किताः ||१९||
तत्र वो विपुला वृत्तिः पूजा चैव भविष्यति |
एवं ग्रहाः समुत्पन्ना बालान् गृह्णन्ति चाप्यतः ||२०||
ग्रहोपसृष्टा बालास्तु दुश्चिकित्स्यतमा मताः |२१|
वैकल्यं मरणं चापि ध्रुवं स्कन्दग्रहे मतम् ||२१||
स्कन्दग्रहोऽत्युग्रतमः सर्वेष्वेव यतः स्मृतः |
अन्यो वा सर्वरूपस्तु न साध्यो ग्रह उच्यते ||२२||

In olden days, Skanda was appointed because the commander of the military of Gods. The remaining Grahas reached Guha. They had been holding many sorts of weapons. They saluted the lord with folded arms and requested him to allot work for them to do.

On receiving such a request by the Grahas, Lord Skanda went to Lord Siva to hunt assist on this regard. After listening to from Lord Skanda, Lord Siva who was the identical who had destroyed the eyes of sage Bhaga (Bhrugu), spoke to all of the Grahas and mentioned – ‘This world consists of three sorts of dwelling beings. The primary one is Triyak yoni which contains animals. The second kind of dwelling beings are Manusa Yoni i.e. human beings. And the final kind known as Deva Yoni i.e. divine species. These three species of dwelling assist each other and thus help and preserve the dynamics of this world / creation.  

Gods present chilly, rain, warmth and breeze at applicable occasions and seasons and therefore fulfill the wants of people and animals.

Equally, the human beings provide sacrifices, obeisances with folded arms as a mark of respect and devotion and bow on the ft of Gods as a part of their worship. In addition they carry out meditation, hearth sacrifices and observe many sorts of vows and so forth. They provide oblations to the Gods in such a method that nothing stays for you all.

Your greatest inclination and focus must be with kids solely since you are all created to guard the kid.

The perfect factor you all can do is to grab the youngsters of these households who’ve declined worshiping and respecting Gods and their forefathers and likewise Brahmanas, ascetics, preceptors and friends. Equally, you possibly can seize those that have deserted all righteous habits and guidelines of cleanliness and people individuals who subsist and rely solely on the meals that are ready for others and those that don’t provide oblations to Gods and alms to the needy individuals. It’s also possible to seize these individuals who eat meals utilizing damaged vessels. By doing so, you’ll not have any complaints. You’ll all have sufficient work and likewise worship from others that you’re searching for for.”

Thus, ordered by Lord Shiva, all of the grahas began seizing the youngsters from then onwards. It’s mentioned that when a baby is seized by a graha and develops associated illnesses, it turns into very tough to remedy them. Distortion of the physique of the kid or demise is nearly sure when the kid is seized by Skandagraha. Amongst all different grahas, Skanda Graha is alleged to be essentially the most terrific and troublesome. Due to this fact, it turns into not possible to remedy the kid seized by Skanda Graha. Equally, even the seizure of the opposite Grahas additionally turn out to be tough to remedy once they manifest with full blown signs.

इतिश्रीसुश्रुतसंहितायामुत्तरतन्त्रान्तर्गतकुमारतन्त्रेप्रहोत्पत्त्यध्यायोनाम(एकादशोऽध्यायः, आदितः) सप्तत्रिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः।।३७।।

Thus ends the thirty-seventh chapter by identify Grahotpatti in Uttarasthana of Suśruta Samhita.

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