{"id":614,"date":"2019-05-31T15:56:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=614"},"modified":"2019-05-31T15:59:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:59:43","slug":"reflection-on-the-terms-of-k%e1%b9%9b%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87a-and-arjuna-in-the-rigveda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"Reflection on the terms of ‘k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a’ and ‘arjuna’ in the Rigveda"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Rigveda<\/em> (6-9-1), the terms k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em> and arjuna<\/em> are found in a slightly different context than we all see in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u0915\u0943\u0952\u0937\u094d\u0923\u092e\u0939\u0952\u0930\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0941\u0951\u0928\u0902 \u091a\u0952 \u0935\u093f \u0935\u0951\u0930\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0924\u0947\u0952 \u0930\u091c\u0951\u0938\u0940 \u0935\u0947\u0952\u0926\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092d\u093f\u0951:\u0964
\n\u091c\u093e\u092f\u0951\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0952 \u0928 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0951\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0952\u091c\u094d\u091c\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0924\u093f\u0951\u0937\u093e\u0952\u0917\u094d\u0928\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e\u0902\u0951\u0938\u093f\u0965 \u0967\u0965<\/p>\n

aha\u015bca k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47amahararjuna\u1e43 ca vi vartete rajas\u012b vedy\u0101bhi\u1e25<\/em>
\nvai\u015bv\u0101naro j\u0101yam\u0101no na r\u0101j\u0101v\u0101tirajjyoti\u1e63\u0101gnistam\u0101\u1e43si \u09651\u0965<\/em><\/p>\n

The two beings (rajas\u012b) rotate alternately (vi vartete), by means of these forces the dark period of the day (night) (aha\u1e25 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47am) and the light period of the day (day) (aha\u1e25 arjunam) must be known (vedy\u0101bhi\u1e25). Fire (agni\u1e25), being born (j\u0101yam\u0101na\u1e25) within each person (vai\u015bv\u0101nara\u1e25), like a king (na r\u0101j\u0101), coming into being and overcoming (ava atirat) darkness (tam\u0101\u1e43si) by light (jyoti\u1e63\u0101).<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe text of the Rigveda<\/em> does not directly say what k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em> (is dark day) and arjuna<\/em> (is bright day), but I found clarification in Nirukta<\/em> (2-21) by Y\u0101ska<\/em>, he explains that these are the day and night \u2013 \u2018aha\u1e25 ca k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u1e43 r\u0101tri\u1e25 \u015bukla\u1e43 ca aha\u1e25 arjunam<\/em>\u2019 (black and white days are also day and night). In this hymn of Vai\u015bv\u0101nara<\/em> it is said that Vai\u015bv\u0101nara<\/em> is beyond sleep and wakefulness, also \u015aankar\u0101c\u0101rya<\/em> in his comments to this verse connects it with a state of consciousness, which is beyond sleep and wakefulness. We can also recall the famous metaphorical statement of the G\u012bt\u0101<\/em> that when ordinary people sleep, the yogi<\/em> is awake, and vice versa, e.g. the yogi<\/em> focuses on dimension that is beyond normal human states. For the yogi<\/em>, \u201cthe battle of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em> and Arjuna<\/em>\u201d is a process of victory over constantly changing impermanence during sleep and wakefulness. On the other hand, day and night are also forms of the Deities in the Vedas<\/em>. For example, by falling asleep we give ourselves into the hands of Goddess Ratri<\/em>, it returns us to our being and thereby restores the vital forces that are lost during the day. Sleep and awakening are a kind of \u201cmicro-rebirth,\u201d in tantric yoga<\/em> there are enough practices associated with sleep or dreams.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Rigveda (6-9-1), the terms k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and arjuna are found in a slightly different context than we all see in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata. \u0915\u0943\u0952\u0937\u094d\u0923\u092e\u0939\u0952\u0930\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0941\u0951\u0928\u0902 \u091a\u0952 \u0935\u093f \u0935\u0951\u0930\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0924\u0947\u0952 \u0930\u091c\u0951\u0938\u0940 \u0935\u0947\u0952\u0926\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092d\u093f\u0951:\u0964 \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0951\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0952 \u0928 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0951\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0952\u091c\u094d\u091c\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0924\u093f\u0951\u0937\u093e\u0952\u0917\u094d\u0928\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e\u0902\u0951\u0938\u093f\u0965 \u0967\u0965 aha\u015bca k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47amahararjuna\u1e43 ca vi vartete rajas\u012b vedy\u0101bhi\u1e25 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,83],"tags":[92,91,93],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vedas","category-yoga","tag-arjuna","tag-ka","tag-rigveda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}