16 Jun 2025
[Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked: Namaste Swami, My father wants to ask You some doubts. After 3 years of continuous prayers of mine to You, he is now joining Satsangas and reading Your knowledge and willing to trust You. I am very grateful to You for this. Because of (Your knowledge) You only, we are experiencing grace of God in our lives. He wants to ask You doubts first time, so I don't want to discourage him. That's why only, I am asking these questions. I request You to write my father's name "Gopala Krishna Murthy" while posting questions in website to encourage him. My father reads Ramayana and Bharata every day. He said that he had 3 doubts. He told me to ask Swami.]
Shri Gopala Krishna Murthy asked:-
1a. It is said that Goddess Ganga was the first daughter of Himavanta and Parvati was the second daughter. Is that true?
Swami replied:- Before Parvati was born to Himavaan, who is the personified representative of Himaalaya mountain, this Himaalaya mountain generated river Ganga due to the melting snow and the personification of the Ganga river is Goddess Ganga. Hence, what you asked is true.
b. Did Vishwamitra give all his knowledge (Vidyalu) to Rama only or to both Rama and Lakshmana?
Swami replied:- Vishwamitra gave the knowledge of all Mantras to both Rama and Lakshmana. Rama is God Vishnu and Lakshmana is Adishesha. Adishesha is a part of God Vishnu as per Ramanuja. This concept is called part (Shesha)-whole (Sheshi) relationship, where Shesha (Adishesha) is part of Sheshi (God Vishnu). This means Lakshmana is a part of Rama. Hence, if Rama gets the Mantras, naturally Lakshmana will get the same. But, since Rama and Lakshmana are in two different bodies, the sage gave Mantras to both.
c. It is said that only Maricha was the son of Tataki and Subahu was a member of his army but not the son of Tataki. Please clarify.
[Thank You Swami.]
Swami replied:- Even though Subahu was not the biological brother of Maricha, they both were always associated like close brothers. Subahu was addressing Tatakaa as his mother and he was killed by God Rama in the context of protecting the sacrifice (Yajna) of Vishwamitra. Maricha was also killed by God Rama later on.
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