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Chitraketu, ruled over Soorasena kingdom and was childless. Seeing his sorrow Angirasa maharshi informs Chitraketu and his wife Kritadyuti that a son would be born to them. However, the envy of Chitraketu's other wives leads them to poison the child and kill him after he was born.  Angirasa and Narada try to bring back the child back to life but the soul replies that he was the son to a large number of parents  

Chitraketu, ruled over Soorasena kingdom and was childless. Seeing his sorrow Angirasa maharshi informs Chitraketu and his wife Kritadyuti that a son would be born to them. However, the envy of Chitraketu's other wives leads them to poison the child and kill him after he was born.  Angirasa and Narada try to bring back the child back to life but the soul replies that he was the son to a large number of parents  

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Rig Veda describes the following about Vrttrasura and his blocking the Sapta sindhu's (the seven rivers).   

Rig Veda describes the following about Vrttrasura and his blocking the Sapta sindhu's (the seven rivers).  <blockquote>अतृप्णुवन्तं वियतमबुध्यमबुध्यमानं सुषुपाणमिन्द्र | सप्त प्रति प्रवत आशयानमहिं वज्रेण वि रिणा अपर्वन् || (Rig. Veda. 4.19.3)</blockquote><blockquote>atr̥pṇuvantaṁ viyatamabudhyamabudhyamānaṁ suṣupāṇamindra | sapta prati pravata āśayānamahiṁ vajrēṇa vi riṇā aparvan || (Rig. Veda. 4.19.3)</blockquote>Meaning : Vrita having an insatiable bulky body, is very powerful, personification of ignorance, and deep in slumber. Serpent like he sleeps in a way that that sapta sindus can’t flow. Such Vritra is killed by Indra with his thunderbolt, on the day of full moon.   

अतृप्णुवन्तं वियतमबुध्यमबुध्यमानं सुषुपाणमिन्द्र | सप्त प्रति प्रवत आशयानमहिं वज्रेण वि रिणा अपर्वन् || (Rig. Veda. 4.19.3) 

'''Esoteric Meaning :''' Here the birth and killing of Vritra represent an eternal principle that happens in this world. Water is the main life force that keeps things green, without water called as drought, nothing survives. Similarly in the personality of human beings, if the flow of life or the sapta sindus stop, then there is a drought of spiritual existence and elevation. Every aspect of human beings, the emotions, intellectual capacity, friendship, values, relationships, are affected by the lack of spiritual elevation which is a drought like situation. Anything which stagnates brings about decay and destruction.  

atr̥pṇuvantaṁ viyatamabudhyamabudhyamānaṁ suṣupāṇamindra | sapta prati pravata āśayānamahiṁ vajrēṇa vi riṇā aparvan || (Rig. Veda. 4.19.3)

In this way the flow of ruthu or season has to continue which is the nature of this world.  One who is on the ruju marga (path of righteousness) seeks to go with the flow of spiritual elevation and to lie down and sleep against this flow of water is the important activity of Vrttrasura. [[Panis (पणिकाः)|Panis]] steal spiritual knowledge, but Vrttra is the one who stops the flow of life. He is the one who lays down obstacles for those who seek to achieve higher realms of life and that gives him happiness.  

This relationship of Vrttrasura as one who seeks to impede water flow is given in the following Rig Veda mantras<blockquote>समुद्रज्येष्ठाः सलिलस्य मध्यात्पुनाना यन्त्यनिविशमानाः | इन्द्रो या वज्री वर्षभो रराद ता आपो देवीरिहमामवन्तु || (Rig. Veda. 7.49.1)</blockquote><blockquote>samudrajyēṣṭhāḥ salilasya madhyātpunānā yantyaniviśamānāḥ | indrō yā vajrī varṣabhō rarāda tā āpō dēvīrihamāmavantu || (Rig. Veda. 7.49.1)</blockquote>Meaning : the water flow from river which are continuously flowing for reaching the ultimate destination: ocean, then the flow between sky of ocean and purify the entire existence. One who is transcendentally situated just like Vajri Indra he fulfills everyone’s desire from freeing from  Vritra imprisonment. So similarly let the situation of the water flow, let it protect me or let it flow continuously.  

 

The mood of this is the birth of Vritra and killing of Vritra is an eternal principle of this world therefore it is explained that

 

vratra ahim parishaya maranaha he is lying facing against flowing water. That means life is a continuous flow and no one can stop it. The community life is one kind and the individual life is another kind of flow: bhu, bhuva, suvaha. The 7 vyaharthris they represent the elevation of one’s consciousness. Therefore sapta sindhus they represent the consciousness of the 7 planets of human existence. So therefore this indicates the flow of consciousness in the human existence. We will describe in a different volume on this subject matter. Water is the ingredient that keeps things green, without water there is drought. Similarly in the personality of human beings, if the flow of life or the sapta sindus stop, then there is a drought of spiritual existence, then every aspect of human beings, the emotions, intellectual capacity, friendship, values, relationships, it gives rise to drought like situation. In this way the flow of ruthu or the season is to not to stop is the nature of this world that is the desire of the lord. ruthum ruthaya pavathe and specially those who are on the path of ruju marga, it always flows in a way pleasing and favorable to them and to sleep and  stop that flow of water is the main work of Vritrasura. As we described previously panis are the robbers of spiritual knowledge of God. But Vritra is the one who stops the flow of life. He is the one who puts obstacle for human beings to achieve higher realms of life and that gives him happiness. In the water there is a principle of svara-loka and agni deva was the one who killed Dasyus and he released this planet and therefore there is connection between water and paramapada.

 

 

 

In many places this connection is given. 

 

apsu surya vahad dhanam  the sun god who is residing in water, he has lots of wealth of the devathas. 8.64.9 (Rik not matching)

 

When Vasishta offered his prayer and glorified the water based on the revelation of this verse. RS 7.49.1 (Rik is matching)  

 

Samudra jeshtaha salilasya Madhya punaha yantha minisha manaya indroya vajro vrishabo ra rath tha apo de virahimamavanthu Rk Samhita 7.49.1  

 

the water flow from river which are continuously flowing for reaching the ultimate destination: ocean, then the flow between sky of ocean and purify the entire existence. One who is transcendentally situated just like Vajri Indra he fulfills everyone’s desire from freeing from  Vritra imprisonment. So similarly let the situation of the water flow, let it protect me or let it flow continuously.

The river which is flowing from the ocean, there is one very interesting thing, in earthly planet we see river flowing towards ocean. But here rivers are being born from the ocean (samudra is always superior and it is also salilasya madhyath) this one is symbolic and there is no doubt about it because if you just try to get the meaning, this sukta doesn’t give any explanation or meaning, but in the personality of human being, to recognize or revitalize the consciousness which is dormant, and when it is re-awakened, then most of the time, it is flowing outwards.  

The river which is flowing from the ocean, there is one very interesting thing, in earthly planet we see river flowing towards ocean. But here rivers are being born from the ocean (samudra is always superior and it is also salilasya madhyath) this one is symbolic and there is no doubt about it because if you just try to get the meaning, this sukta doesn’t give any explanation or meaning, but in the personality of human being, to recognize or revitalize the consciousness which is dormant, and when it is re-awakened, then most of the time, it is flowing outwards.