Shukracharya due to his great tapasya and siddhis was immortalized as the planet Shukra (Venus). But due to his nature of jealousy, the planet has a feminine nature. In Astrology, Shukra plays and important part in the field of arts, fine arts and entertainment.
It is said that Shukra was born on the year Paarthiva on Sraavana Suddha Ashtami when Swathi Nakshatra is on the ascent. That day was a the sixth day of the week (friday) and therefore in may Indian languages Friday is known as Shukravaar. It is also a belief that Venus rules Friday and therefore most of the Indian movies are released on this day for his blessings.
Shukracharya wrote the Neetishastra.
Excerpts just to show that he was NOT a dim-wit: ( Imagine all this is dated to antiquity –and this was the time when the white man did GRUNT GRUNT )
1)A king should never have lust for ‘other women’, should never have greed for ‘other’s wealth’, should never give punishment to his subject in anger because ‘Lust’, ‘Greed’ and ‘Anger’ BIRTH
he causes for downfall.
he causes for downfall.
2)If there is a fear of the food being poisoned, then it should be examined by the help of a monkey, cock etc. The mere sight of the poisoned food makes a swan (Hansa) to totter, the black bee begins to make a noise, the peacock begins to dance, the cock begins to ‘crow’, the Heron ( kraunch pakshi) gets intoxicated, the monkey begins to pass ‘filth’ and urine, the mongoose ( babhru ) gets excited, the ‘starling’ ( saarika pakshi ) starts vomiting- These are the ways to examine the poisoned food. The king and his administrators must examine the food, whether it is poisoned or not, before consuming it.
3)One should accept the good qualities of even the enemy and should salute him, but on the other hand if his teacher has bad qualities, he should reject him.
4)A man who is under the influence and control of women, who is a debtor, struck by extreme poverty, a demander without any quality and wealth- such a man is worse than a dead man, though being alive.
5)One should maintain secrecy of his age, wealth, demerits of his home, Hymn (mantra), copulation, medicine, charity, respect and disrespect i.e. he should never tell others of these nine things.
6)Karma is the cause for our sugati- happy conditions and durgati- miseries in this world. praarabda- providence, destiny is nothing else but our karmas (deeds, good and evil) of purvajanam (our previous birth regeneration).
7a)In this world, no one is a Brahmin (BRAHMA), KSHATRIYA (a warrior caste), VAISHYA (caste doing trading/business) and SHUDRA (low caste) by birth , but on the basis of quality (gunaa) and deeds and actions (karma) .
Brahmin (Brahmana) is created by having following qualities like gyaankanda (having yearning for the Holy Scriptures),karmakanda ( knowledge of performingyagna ( homa ) and upaasana ( worship). He is also engrossed in worship of the deities, is gentle, has controlled his senses and is kind.
7b)One who cleverly protects his subjects, is brave, has control over his senses and whose nature is to punish the wrong doers is called a KSHATRIYA.
7c)One who is efficient in kraya(purchasing) and vikraya (selling) daily earns his livelihood by his business, one who does pashu paalana (animal husbandry and farming are called VAISHYA in this world.
7d)Those who are in the service of the dwija(BRAHMANA, KSHATRIYA AND VAISHYA, brave, gentle have control over their senses, carry plough ( hala ), kaashta (wood) andtrina (grass) are called SHUDRA.
8)Those who abandon their own dharma ( religion) lack kindness, cause harm to others, possess excessive anger and are violent are called MLECCHA and they lack the power of reasoning ( viveka ).
9)As the destiny is, accordingly one gets friends (good or evil) All the actions of the world are based on bhagya- destiny andpurushartha- labour, actions committed in the previous birth are destiny and actions committed in this life are calledpurushartha. Thus karmas have been differentiated in two ways whichever of the two ( bhagya and purushartha) is powerful forces the other to surrender. The strength cannot be identified merely by analyzing the results of the Karma or by any other means.
It would not have been possible to destroy the evils and evil doers if the destiny was unchangeable that is purushartha (labour) can change even the bhagya (destiny) If the destiny is unfavourable then the most virtuous of actions gives bad results just like the king Mahabali who was tied up even after being so charitable and Harishchandra had to serve a MLECHA, even after being a Truthful man.
10)Good actions give good results and evil actions give bad results, so one must accept good actions and reject evil actions as described in the scriptures.
SEE HOW SHREWDLY THE WHITE CHRISTIAN MAN DIVIDED INDIANS AND RULED US ON THE BASIS OF 4 CASTES-- SAYING THAT OUR CASTE IS BY BIRTH
By
K. Jagadeesh
By
K. Jagadeesh
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