Bheema Sena (continued)
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Let’s continue to ponder over this really amazing Avataara of Shree Mukhya Praana Devata, namely Bheema Sena.
- Galactic fury unleashedin the battle ground at Kurukshetra
I’m sure that we all have heard the term “calamity”. Please allow me to attempt to think a little deeper into this topic. A calamity always affects a large number of people, animals and vegetation. We’ve learnt earlier about the Pancha Bhoota-s (the 5 primordial elements). Their names are, going from the grossest to the subtles: Pruthvi, Aapa, Teja, Vaayu, Aakaasha. There is a calamity pertaining to each of these 5 primordial elements. What’s a calamity that pertains to Pruthvi (earth)? Earthquake is the answer. Volcanoes too. Similarly, calamities pertaining to Aapa (water) are floods, incessant rains, water pollution etc., calamities pertaining to Agni (fire) are wild fires, calamities pertaining to Vaayu (wind) are tornadoes, hurricanes, air pollution . But can you think of a calamity pertaining to Aakaasha? We all have heard about pollution of air and water. But, can Aakaasha (space) too get polluted? Is there such a thing as pollution of the Aakaasha (space) which can be calamitous? Please take a moment to think about it.
Debatably, one may say that the tanmaatra (the sense) pertaining to Aakaasha (space) is Shabda (sound)… and therefore, noise pollution is something that pertains to space. While that argument may have some merit, there are a couple of flaws in it as well.
- Though Shabda(sound) is the tanmaatra (the sense) about Aakaasha (space), this Shabda (sound) present in Aakaasha (space) is non-vibratory. It doesn’t travel in vacuum… This non-vibratory sound doesn’t travel anywhere without a medium. And that medium is air.
- Noise pollution is not calamitous. It can definitely cause a lot of annoyance & irritation. But, it doesn’t directly threaten the lives of a large number of people, animals and vegetation.
So, can Aakaasha (space) also get polluted? And if yes… then, how? Please allow me to offer my take on this question and line of thought.
It should be noted here that the term Aakaasha refers to Bhootaakaasha, which is the created space. In other words, Aakaasha is basically the short form for the word Bhootaakaasha. As explained earlier, Bhootaakaasha is made of 3 types of Guna-s (energies) namely Satva, Rajaand Tama which are actually in the ratio of approximately 1:10:100. For example, when mixing flour to make Chapati, we mix some 5 cups of flour with about 1 cup of water and a pinch of salt. That 1 pinch of salt is what gives the taste to Chapati. When the cook forgets to add salt, Chapati doesn’t taste as good. Similarly, the problem with Aakaasha starts when the Satvacomponent falls below its proportion in the above ratio. But, unlike Chapati which didn’t taste as good without enough salt, deterioration of Satva component in Bhootaakaasha has disastrous consequences. This is what causes “Pollution of Bhootaakaasha“ and when allowed to happen… it becomes calamitous. In fact, the “Pollution of Bhootaakaasha“ is actually the Root Cause of all other types of calamities, pollutions and the resulting disastrous consequences.
So, the next question is… how does the Satva component fall below its optimal proportion? The Satva component at any space is directly proportional to the presence of Dharma in that space. So, what is the basic definition of the term “Dharma”? Etymological explanation is… “dhaarayati iti dharma:”, which approximately translates to “that which adorns, is Dharma“. Adorning always means adorning something that’s good, benevolent, pleasant and beautiful. Another very apt and beautiful definition for the term Dharma has been offered by Shree Madhwaachaarya, who we shall learn about in the near future. Shree Madhwaachaarya states “vishnu bhakti paro-dharma:”, which means “that which adorns Bhakti towards Paramaatma, which is the most benevolent of all traits, is Dharma”. Deducing from the above, we could say that when the percentage of people who are devoted to Paramaatma falls below 1% of the population, then the Satva component in that particular location is in jeopardy. And, this becomes the root cause for any/all other types of calamities.
Let’s try to understand this with some examples. Back a few hundred years ago, the continent of North America was inhabited by the Native Americans. Their way of life involved cultivation of land to raise crops during summer times and manage/maintain grain storage for usage during winter times. They would hunt Buffaloes (a.k.a Bison) for meat. Native Americans and Mexicans never had cows or pigs. The cows and pigs were brought into the American continent only by 1493 by Columbus and the Europeans. Europe has been the land which has almost always been exclusively inhabited by people whose way of life has been described in our scriptures as “Mleccha” way of life. But what does “Mleccha” mean? I have not heard of a meaningful explanation of this term. My take is that the word “Mleccha” can be split “Mla + Iccha”. And, the part “Mla” is basically an amalgamation of the syllables “Ma” & “La”. So, the word “Mleccha” basically refers to “Mala” + “Iccha”, which basically means a way of life involving a liking for “Mala” or filth. In short “Mleccha” way of life involves a liking for everything filthy… liking for filthy thoughts, profusely using filthy words in speech, liking for filthy act, dressing filthy and a basic affinity for a filthy line of philosophy which is the root cause of all the filthy thoughts, words and actions.
One may even agree with this explanation if one were to observe the overall European way of life. For example, pigs survive by consuming human fecal matter. Fecal matter is basically Taamasik in nature. But European way of life absolutely love for pork. So, the pigs grow consuming human fecal matter and humans consuming pig flesh… you can see that it can become a Taamasik downward spiral. Therefore, pork can at best be a way survival and not a dietary choice or habit. The Europeans seem to have completely lost the very basic understanding of when and why it would become necessary to consume pig meat. Similarly, not only do they consume milk… but they also forget the very basic sense of gratitude towards the animal which gave them the milk… and kill it and eat its flesh. Worst part is they kill and eat both cows and pigs despite having so many other choices. Worse yet, the cows have Sannidhaana of all the Devata-s in them. Thus, killing a cow becomes the equivalent of a direct attack on Devata-s. Therefore, both beef and pork are basically extremely Taamasikin nature. And the Europeans brought this thoughtless and ruthless way of life into the Americas along with the cows and pigs… and continued this way of life in the Americas too. Soon, conflicting ways of life between the Europeans and the Native Americans lead to merciless Buffalo genocide. Over a few centuries, a land where a few bison were being “hunted” to source only as much meat as necessary and thus maintaining the Satva component of the energy in the space… soon became a land where cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, fish, lobsters were/are being killed in the millions every single day… thus contributing to skyrocketing Taamasik energies and nosediving Saatvik energies. This is the calamitous pollution of Aakaasha, which becomes the root cause all other calamities.
In my opinion, the above calamitous pollution of Aakaasha is what manifested as the two World Wars in Europe. USA too has had to suffer tremendously in a similar way though not quite to the same level as Europe, perhaps because the land area (the space) itself is too vast in comparison. Yet, a world war, followed by a Great Depression, then another world war, a Korean War, a Vietnam war, slavery, racial segregation and so on. Bhaarat too had to suffer tremendously, possibly due to beef and cow hide export being one of the top businesses in the holy land of the Rishi-s.
My apologies for that lengthy digression… but the point I’m trying to convey is that pollution of Aakaasha is directly proportional to the chaos in the land… with one most common outcome being WAR. Taking the examples the two World Wars, an estimated 20 million people died in a total of 1,567 days in world war 1 (12760+ people per day). And, 70-85 million people died in 2194 days in world war 2 (31900-38740 people per day). If we were to take those statistics as some index on the extent of calamitous energy present in the European Aakaasha… compare it with the number of people who died in the battle field at Kurukshetra. How many do you think died? Have any idea? Well, let’s take a moment to do the math.
It has been famously mentioned that a total of 18 Akshohini of troops battled and perished at Kurukshetra. But how people make up 1 Akshohini?
Often we hear of various units in armed forced – such as Squad (8-14 people), Platoon (15-45 people), Troop (80-250 people), Batallion (300-1000 people), Regiment (1000-3000 people), and so on – there were more precisely defined units of the army in the Vedic times. The smallest unit of Senaa is called Patti. It is comprised of 1 warrior on chariot with 4 assistants, 1 warrior on elephant with 4 assistants, 3 horsemen and 5 foot-soldiers. Altogether, a Patti comprises of 18 soldiers. The bigger units are successively named Senaa Mukha, Gulma, Gana, Vaahini, Pruthanaa, Chamoo, Aneekinee, and the biggest unit of measure of any Senaa is the Akshohini. Details of each unit of a Senaa is as below:
1 Patti = 18 soldiers
1 Senaa Mukha = 3 Patti-s = 3×18 = 54 soldiers
1 Gulma = 3 Senaa Mukha = 3×54 = 162 soldiers
1 Gana = 3 Gulma = 3×162 = 486 soldiers
1 Vaahini = 3 Gana = 3×486 = 1458 soldiers
1 Pruthanaa = 3 Vaahini = 3×1458 = 4374 soldiers
1 Chamoo = 3 Pruthanaa = 3×4374 = 13122 soldiers
1 Aneekinee = 3 Chamoo = 3×13122 = 39366 soldiers
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1 Akshohini = 10 Aneekini = 10×39366 = 393660 soldiers
So, 18 Akshohini = 18×393660 = 7,085,880 soldiers, which is over 7 million. Death of over 7 million people in just 18 days in the battle of Kurukshetra amounts to approximately 1 Akshohini of soldiers per day, which is over 390,000 deaths per day. You can imagine the extent of calamitous pollution of Aakaasha. This whole calamity can be solely attributed to one person… Duryodhana, who was the Avataara of Kali, the evilest among all the Jeevaatma-s. Had it not been for “The One and Only” Bheema Sena, the above number and the extent of calamitous pollution would’ve been far-far-far higher.
Well… guess what? Has humanity learnt anything from the disastrous battle of Kurukshetra? Ok, set aside the devastating battle of Kurukshetra for a moment since it happened over 5000 years ago. How about the 2 world wars which happened more recently and about which we have tons of photographic and videographic evidence? Have we learnt anything from it w.r.t the pollution of Aakaasha? Humans continue to kill animals at an industrial scale. Worse yet, humans continue to kill pigs in the millions and eat pork non-stop. Far-far worse yet, humans continue to kill cows at an industrial scale and consume beef. All the evil calamitous pollution of Aakaasha continues unchecked.
I decided to ask some questions in the “AI Mode” on the internet:
Question 1: “According to Judaism, do animals have a soul?”
Top highlighted response: “Yes, according to Judaism, animals absolutely have souls”
Question 2: “According to Christianity, do animals have a soul?”
Top highlighted response: “In mainstream Christian theology, animals are understood to have a living soul, but it is fundamentally different from a human soul.”
Question 3: “According to Christianity, do animals exist only to be killed and eaten by humans?”. I asked the above question because this is what I’ve heard most commonly from almost all Christians… which, in my opinion, is completely irrational.
Top highlighted response: “No, according to Christianity, animals do not exist solely to be killed and eaten by humans.”
Question 4: “According to Islam, do animals have a soul?”
Top highlighted response: “Yes, according to Islam, animals absolutely have souls”
Then why is that people who follow any of the aforesaid religions thoughtlessly eat meat, thereby supporting this totally mindless industrial level culling of animals. Philosophically, there is a purpose and method to eating meat. If you have the mindset to kill an animal, then you’ll have the mindset to kill an enemy in the battlefield. And if you do kill the animal ethically with full realization that you are ending its life and that the animal now has the right to ask you “I laid down my life for you so you can live another day. So, what is in it for me?” and live your life remembering that question… and yet maintain self-control when you are around your family, friends and loved ones… then, and only then it makes sense to eat meat. But, if you are incapable of killing an animal, then there is no purpose for you to be eating meat.
If you do not have the mindset to kill a chicken, then you should not eat chicken.
If you do not have the mindset to kill a pig, then you should not eat pork.
If you do not have the mindset to kill a turkey, then you should not eat turkey.
And beef… ABSOLUTELY NO!!!
Think about it!
And, by the way… this is in no way meant give a clean chit to Hindus either. Hindus are even more guilty of mindless killing and eating meat despite them being taught right from a very young age about the consequences. All of the above contribute hugely towards calamitous pollution of Aakaasha… which is nothing but a ticking time bomb.
I hadn’t anticipated writing this lengthily about Bheema Sena the Great. We shall continue with the devastating battle of Kurukushetra and hopefully conclude our contemplation on Bheema Sena the Great in the next article.
