Narada
For other uses, see Narada (disambiguation).
Narada
Narad redirects here; for the village in Slovakia,see rad.
Narada (Sanskrit: , Nrada, possibly derived fromnra, meaning
man)[1] is a Vedic sage who plays aprominent role in a number of
Hindu texts, notably theRamayana and the Bhagavata Purana. Narada
is arguablyancient Indias most travelled sage with the ability to
visitdistant worlds and realms (Sanskrit lokas). He is
depictedcarrying a Veena, with the nameMahathi and is
generallyregarded as one of the great masters of the ancient
mu-sical instrument. This instrument is known by the
namemahathi[2][3] which he uses to accompany his singingof hymns,
prayers and mantras as an act of devotion toLord Vishnu. Narada is
described as both wise and mis-chievous, creating some of Vedic
literatures more hu-morous tales. Vaishnav enthusiasts depict him
as a pure,elevated soul who glories Vishnu through his
devotionalsongs, singing the names Hari and Narayana, and
thereindemonstrating bhakti yoga. The Narada Bhakti Sutra
isattributed to him.
Narada is also said to have orated the maxims of theNradasmti
(100 BC 400 CE), which has been calledthe juridical text par
excellence and represents theonly Dharmastra text which deals
solely with juridi-cal matters and ignoring those of righteous
conduct andpenance.[4]
Karnataka sangita pitamaha ,The great adipurandaradasaru is said
to be the incarnation of thesage naradaTamil cultural proponents
insist that sage Narada was in-voked by legendary Carnatic
musician, Thyagaraja, toproduce his various compositions.In the
Mahabharata, Narada plays a critical role in manyinstances - his
knowledge is used in critical situations toarrive at right
conclusions. For example, it is Narada whorequests the Pandava
brothers to create a rule for sharingtheir wife Draupadi, so that
they do not end up ghtingfor her company.The Mahabharata explains
Naradas qualications andexperience in vivid detail - He was
conversant with theVedas and the Upanishads and was acquainted with
his-tory and Puranas. He had thorough knowledge of the sixAngas -
Pronunciation, grammar, prosody, explanationof basic terms,
description of religious rites and astron-omy. All celestial beings
worshiped him for his knowl-edge - he is supposed to be well versed
in all that oc-curred in ancient Kalpas (time cycles) and is termed
to beconversant with Nyaya (logic) and the truth of moral sci-ence.
He was a perfect master in re-conciliatory texts anddierentiating
in applying general principles to particularcases. He could swiftly
interpret contraries by referencesto dierences in situation. He was
eloquent, resolute, in-telligent and possessor of powerful memory.
He knewthe science of morals, politics, skilled in drawing
infer-ence from evidence, and very procient in
distinguishinginferior things from superior ones. He was competent
injudging the correctness and incorrectness of complex syl-logistic
statements consisting of 5 proponents. He wascapable of arriving at
denite conclusions about religion,wealth, pleasure and salvation.
He possessed knowledgeof this whole universe, above it, below it
and everythingsurrounding it. He was capable of answering
successivelyat Vrihaspati himself, while arguing. He was the
mas-ter of the Sankhya and Yoga systems of philosophy, con-versant
with sciences of war and treaty and procient indrawing conclusions
of judging things not within a directknowledge. He knew about the
six sciences of treaty, war,military campaigns, maintenance of
posts against the en-
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emy and strategies of ambushes and reserves. He was
athoroughmaster of every branch of learning. He was fondof war and
music and was incapable of being repulsed byany science or any
course of action. [5]
1 Enlightenment
Narada found Vishnu in viraat swarupa
Sage Sanathkumar teaches Bhuma vidya to Narada
The Bhagavata Purana describes the story of Naradasspiritual
enlightenment: He was the primary source ofinformation among Gods,
and is believed to be the rstjournalist on Earth. He claimed to
have 60 wives. Inhis previous birth Narada was a Gandharva (angelic
be-ing) who had been cursed to be born on an earthly planet
as a sudra for singing glories to the demigods instead ofthe
Supreme Lord.[6] He was born as the son of a maid-servant of some
particularly saintly priests (Brahmins).The priests, being pleased
with both his and his mothersservice, blessed him by allowing him
to eat some of theirfood (prasad), previously oered to their lord,
Vishnu.Gradually Narada received further blessings from thesesages
and heard them discussing many spiritual topics.After his mother
died, he decided to roam the forest insearch of enlightenment in
understanding the 'SupremeAbsolute Truth'.Reaching a tranquil
forest location, after quenching histhirst from a nearby stream, he
sat under a tree in med-itation (yoga), concentrating on the
paramatma form ofVishnu within his heart as he had been taught by
thepriests he had served. After some time Narada experi-enced a
vision wherein Narayan (Vishnu) appeared be-fore him, smiling, and
spoke that despite having theblessing of seeing him at that
verymoment, Narada wouldnot be able to see his (Vishnus) divine
form again un-til he died. Narayan further explained that the
reasonhe had been given a chance to see his form was becausehis
beauty and love would be a source of inspiration andwould fuel his
dormant desire to be with the lord again.After instructing Narada
in this manner, Vishnu then dis-appeared from his sight. The boy
awoke from his medi-tation both thrilled and disappointed.For the
rest of his life Narada focused on his devo-tion, meditation upon
and worship to Vishnu. After hisdeath Vishnu then blessed him with
the spiritual form ofNarada as he eventually became known.
InmanyHinduscriptures Narada is considered a saktyavesa-avatara
orpartial-manifestation (avatar) of God, empowered to per-form
miraculous tasks on Vishnus behalf.
2 Temple
Narada Temple is dedicated to the Divine Sage Narada.These
temples are located in Chigateri, which is 50 kmaway from
Davanagere, Karnataka, India and the templeis famous in
neighbouring districts of Davanagere, andin Korva which is 29 km
north-east of Raichur in Kar-nataka, India. Korva is a beautiful
island surrounded bythe Krishna River. Korva is looked upon as a
holy placeand is popularly known as Naradagadde - one of the
mostscenic islands on the Krishna River. Due to its
exquisitelocation the temple is not only visited by devotees but
alsoby tourists.Sri Narada MuniNarada Munisri Narada Muni
Temple
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