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we still have some rough dates on when shri ram and shri krishna took birth . but i havent yet understood oh how, does deities like indra brhama vishnu mahesh lived, where they llived, when they lived. we kno so many stories on shiv and parvati, vishnu and laxmi, brhma and shatrupa, where did they take place

can u clear my dobt

2007-03-27 03:41:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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BRAHMA, VISHNU, MAHESH (SIVA) ARE THE SUPREME namifestation of DIVINITY. THEY ALL ARE WITH US RIGHT FROM THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALL OF US. They have their own Lokas (Heavenly abodes or Houses) Brahma Loka, Sri Vaikundam and Kalilash and they are still living there and taking care of everything. All the happenings narrated by you took place in their respective lokas and on this earth.

The common thread of thought in the religious beliefs of the Indian subcontinent upholds a single Reality (as in absolute monoism) and holds in reverence each of the several manifestation of the Ultimate Reality in the forms of Gods. Bhrama, Vishnu and Shiva are revered as the Supreme Trinity of multitude of manifestations of Divinity. It is said that all that is true, all that is good and all that is beautiful is God (Satyam Shivam Sundaram).

Shiva is referred to as 'the good one' or the 'auspicious one'. Shiva - Rudra is considered to be the destroyer of evil and sorrow. Shiva - Shankara is the doer of good. Shiva is 'tri netra' or three eyed, and is 'neela kantha' - blue necked (having consumed poison to save the world from destruction. Shiva - Nataraja is the Divine Cosmic Dancer. Shiva - Ardhanareeswara is both man and woman.

He is both static and dynamic and is both creator and destroyer. He is the oldest and the youngest, he is the eternal youth as well as the infant. He is the source of fertility in all living beings. He has gentle as well as fierce forms. Shiva is the greatest of renouncers as well as the ideal lover. He destroyes evil and protects good. He bestows prosperity on worshipers although he is austere. He is omnipresent and resides in everyone as pure consciousness.

Shiva is inseparable from Shakti - Parvati the daughter of Himavaan - Haimavati. There is no Shiva without Shakti and no Shakti without Shiva, the two are one - or the absolute state of being - consciousness and bliss

Bhrama the creator was originally endowed with five heads. When he started displaying his arrogance, as the supreme creator of the Universe, Shiva assumed the form of Bhairava the terrible, and with the mere snap of a finger nail, cut off one of the five heads of Bhrama. The severed head stuck to the left palm of Bhairava. In order to expiate for the sin of cutting of Bhrama's head (bhramahatti dosha), Shiva had to take the Kapaalika vow of wandering all over the world as a beggar, carrying the skull as his begging bowl.

As an enchanting beggar Bhikshaatana, accompanied by the enchantress Mohini, Shiva entered Dharukaavana the home of the arrogant ascetics, and quelled their arrogance and continued his sojourn around the world and reached the abode of Vishnu. When Vishwaksena, the attendant of Vishnu refused to let him in , he impaled him with his trident and walked in with his corpse (Kankaala Murthi). Vishnu offered his own blood to fill the kapaala, but even vast quantities of Vishnu's skull could not fill up the skull bown. It was after reaching Varanasi on the banks of the Ganges, that the bowl slipped off Shiva's palm.

Vishnu (vĭsh'nū) , one of the greatest gods of Hinduism, also called Narayana. First mentioned in the Veda as a minor deity, his theistic cults, known as Vaishnavism, or Vishnuism, grew steadily from the first millennium B.C., absorbing numerous different traditions and minor deities. By his worshipers Vishnu is regarded as the supreme God, of whom other gods are secondary manifestations. The early epics the Mahabharata and the Ramayana show considerable Vaishnavite influence. The later Puranas fully elaborate the myths of Vishnu and his avatara (incarnations): Matsya (the fish), Kurma (the tortoise), Varaha (the boar), Narasimha (the man-lion), Vamana (the dwarf), Parashurama (Rama with the ax), Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalkin (who is yet to appear). Vishnu is generally depicted as dark blue in color, crowned, and bearing in his four hands his emblems—the conch, discus, mace, and lotus. His mount is the eagle Garuda, and his consort is Lakshmi, or Shri, the goddess of wealth.-

2007-03-27 06:00:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Ram, Krishna etc are believed to be God's incarnations and are supposed to live in a specific time period but the trimurthy are considered Gods who originated during the start of creation and will cease to exist only when creation comes to a standstill. Indra and his pantheon of gods have their roots in nature worship( Indra is the God of thunder, Agni of fire etc) and Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwar are different aspects of Life; creation, preservation and destruction.Their consorts represent the possessions of mankind.
A story doing the rounds(though without much proof and yet to gain popularity) is that the Devas have their origin in the lands to the north of India which in those days, had a race stronger than the Aryas(early Hindus).
But the belief is that the Devas and Brahma reside in heaven, Shiva in the Himalayas and Vishnu in the ocean of milk.

2007-03-27 11:10:15 · answer #2 · answered by Vinay 2 · 0 0

Sri Ram and Sri krishna are incarnations or avatars.They lived on the mortal world..so they have a definite age.When it comes to the trimurtis, ( brahma, vishnu and mahesh), they are timeless.
According to the Hindu Mythology and religion, they are immortal.They still exist ...brahma as the creator, vishnu as the protector and mahesh as the destructor.
They inhabit the heaven or swarloka.
Vishnu's private area is vaikunt and shiva's is kailas.

2007-03-29 00:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by Andromeda 2 · 0 0

According to Hindu mythology,
Bramha - The creator of the universe, Vishnu and Mahesh ( popularly known as Shiv) exist from the very beginning of the universe.
Shiva (the destroyer), Vishnu (the protector), and Brahma (the creator), and their wives (goddesses in their own right): Shakti (also known as Paarvathi, Ambicaa) the goddess of courage and power, Lakshmi the goddess of all forms of wealth, and Saraswathi the goddess of learning. The children of the gods are also gods in their own right, such as Ganesha and Skanda.

2007-03-27 10:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by Aki 3 · 0 0

It is important to understand that God and His Leelas (His actions) are not bound by time, number or the cause - effect relationship. You would not find a logical sequence of events for most of the Leelas described in the Puranas because of this. How can the Creator of Time be bound by it? So dates and muhurtams (auspicious timing) are man made and not related to God's existence.
In the large ocean of Spiritualism of India it would be wise to be happy with the expanse that we can see, appreciate whatever part of the Supreme mahima we can comprehend, and not begin questioning the character or reality of God seeing some sand that came into your hand.

2007-03-27 11:04:19 · answer #5 · answered by smartobees 4 · 0 0

Yes I ca definitely say Brahma,Vishnu and Mahesh,existed and are existing and will exist , without an iota of doubt.

Please kindly readBrahma Purana,Vishnu Purana and Linga Purana.or at least read Valmiki's original YOGA VAASHISHTAM.it is impossible to answer your question briefly here.so i deeply apologise.

2007-03-28 14:48:24 · answer #6 · answered by Radhakrishna( prrkrishna) 7 · 0 0

The faith is to believe or not. If believer they still exist, because they are the sign of creation, development and destruction, which is the cycle of nature.

2007-03-27 11:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by surender p 2 · 0 0

When nothing existed, Vishnu existed. Lord Vishnu existed before the creation of universe.

We can precisely tell timeframe for Lord Rama or Lord Krishna just because they took birth on this earth or so called Mrityu Lok. Anything on Mrityu Lok is material in nature. Anything that is material in nature has definate birthtime and death time. Why? because, they are material in nature. It is the first law of Lord Vishnu that nothing can be for forever on Mrityu Lok. Lord Krishna said the same thing in Bhagvat Gita. Anything that is material in nature will have definate birth time and one who takes birth, death is sure for him.

As you can see Lord Krishna/ Lord Rama have definately timeframe attached to their life span just becuase they are incarnation of Lord Vishnu and came to Mrityu Lok to perform their Daivi-Leela. There is no record of Lord Vishnu ever coming to Earth. He only incarnates Himself.

This mean Lord Vishnu is not of material nature and so there is no timeframe for origination of Lord Vishnu or other Gods viz, Lord Shiva or Lord Brahma.

Next question is where do they live. Simple, taking earth as base layer, there are seven layers or seven lok above earth and six layer or six lok below earth. Yum lok is the lok above earth and swarg lok is the lok above yum lok. Above them you have Dev Lok, Brahma Lok, Vishnu Lok etc.

As name suggest, Indra Dev, Varun Dev, Kuber, Agni, Arun etc. Dev live on Dev Lok, Brahma Live on Brahma Lok and similarly Vishnu lives on Vishnu Lok.

I hope my answer will suffice your question.

2007-03-28 02:52:22 · answer #8 · answered by Deepak S 2 · 0 0

This is a matter of faith and believe or do not believe is individual's choice. I think they all exist even today.

2007-03-27 10:47:42 · answer #9 · answered by deepak57 7 · 0 0

1)Read carefully.This is how Srusti started
2)Even before Trimurti(Brahma, vishnu, mahesh), Prakruti/Panchabhooth(Earth,Sky,Water,Fire,Air) existed
3)Prakruti was stand still (water,air & co were silent.no movement)
4)Sakthi (Kinetic Energy/Potential Energy)generated with movement of water,air,fire,earth and/or sky)
5)Sakthi has no roopa(Physical form.Scientically also we can prove this.Energy can neither can be created nor distroyed but can change from one form to another)
6)Later on people named it as Sakthi swaroopini/AdiparaSakthi(Female.Becoz only female can generate/reproduce to other forms)
7)So out of Sakthi(Kinetic/Potential) of water flowing,air blowing and fire, few masses were formed.
8)Vishnu could be treated as the first mass (Srusti karak)
9)Shiva could be treated as second mass but crucial (Laya karak) who gave life to Vishnu as well.
10)With out movement, a person can not be called a person.
so though vishnu was physcially the first person, its only shiva ,the second mass responsible for Life/Laya/Movement.

11)Brahma is a piece of Vishnu(came out of Vishnu's navel) and all these 3 guys had a round table conference to redefine the srusti

12)Till then prakruti was in black & White
13)Brahma painted the prakruti with colors and simulated the process of generating few more masses just like vishnu & Shiva.

14)So it was brahma who used to create objects and shiva is the one who used to dontate soul to it(add some movement)

15)vishnu later on used to the leader for all these masses and control the masses(Dharma samsthapana ardhaya sambhavami yuge yuge)

16) so the chain reaction took place and almost over a period of time the masses created by brahma and shiva have complicated themselves

17)Brahma ,Vishnu & Shiva have trasfered few of their talents to do things to few of the masses.

18)now after all even the new masses have their own quality,
if provided with proper energy they are able to do the work of brahma & Shiva & Vishnu

19)over a period of time Devathas,Rakshas,Aswani devathas,gandharvas and many groups have formed and expertised the process of reproduction.

20)even till date we could see many shades of them
few are like brahmas who create
Automobile designers/Producers

and few are like shivas
The Drivers who actually drive the Automobiles

and few are like Vishnu
Managers who control the over all process production and usage

this is just an example.
this applys to all the fileds in the current world.
medical,education,engineering,law & what not

21)So my dears..Brahma,Vishnu,Shiva were the first persons who do not exist now but their srusti could be seen now with lot of amendments with junior brahmas and vishuns and shivas...

In all these Person Does not really mean a human being,
it might be any form (Fish/Crocadile/Tortoise/Tiger/Mostquito/Any living creature which has mass and energy)

While in the intitial days, there were more fishees, so Vishnu took the Matsya avatar to manage all Sea world

similarly Tortoise and other avataratas.

Basically a person who behaves as a perfect manager as per yuga dharmam and acceptable by other masses would be treated as vishnu.

rama was purushottam during those days.similarly krishna.

And therey might be few story narrating brahmas(Writers) who might have created few **** and bull stories just to establish their talent or to establish the way of living.

no body knows how was vishnu/shiva/brahma
but ravi varma gave a form to hindu gods based on certain assumptions.

otherwise shiva is linga kara(because lingam is like jyothi/fire)

any mass with life of any any form could be vishnu (vaidyo narayana,daridra narayana,mitra narayana,doma narayana,cheema narayana,fish narayana,tortise narayana,
frog narayana etc etc)


Cheerup guys...
Aham brahmasmi...& Your body is temple
God is in you.

You are brahma some times ,shiva some times and vishnu some times and rakshasa some times..

Ramu

2007-03-27 12:01:30 · answer #10 · answered by k s 2 · 0 0

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