~ By Artist Ravi Dhar ~
ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं नन्दिकेश्वराय नमः
PARAMESHWAR, the God Almighty takes birth whenever there is imbalance in social system. Many such incarnations have taken place and man got rid of evil. There are evidences too that the God sometimes takes birth in the world to do good to the human beings. There too are many such events when a Devta is cursed and has to take birth in this world. These are such innumerable legends of Sanatan Dharma which we are well aware of. One such legend is NANDIKESHWAR BHAIRAV.
Nandikeshwar was born to a pious couple, who were followers of Shiva, from the lineage of Swamin Gautma, lived in Indra Koot (a small village) in the north of kashmir called Sumbal. The boy shown like a deity. Great astrologers saw his divine face but were perturbed to see that the boy would live for a few years only.
“Their spiritual Guru, who came to bless the child visualized through his intuitive faculty that the new born baby is graced with the divine attributes, but is destined to live only for a few years. The Guru did not reveal that heart piercing happening to them. Time passed on, the baby grew up as a very promising child and would go on the banks of the river Vitasta to offer water on the Shiva –lingam and be absorbed in the deep meditation. One day prior to the fateful happening, when this child would have been taken by Mahakala in his dark lap, the Guru invited this small child in his hermitage and instructed him accordingly: “O my Yogi child! You meditate upon the Maha-Mritunjaya-Mantra. You need to reach Mansarovar (Manasbal lake) at early dawn and step into the celestial queue and follow Indra – the Guardian ruler of the Devatas.” The Yogi child could not be noticed, as being very small and insignificant in the eyes of the Devatas. That day happened to be the Jyeshta Amavasya, on the Kritika Nakshatra. The little ascetic child did as instruct. All the Devatas were applied Tilaka-Gandham on the forehead by Brahma, blessing them with the Vedic Mantra—JIVETA SHARDA SHATAM /may you live the time duration of One hundred celestial years. In the queue was the little Yogi child, who too was blessed with the same life-giving Mantra by applying the Tilaka- Gandham on his forehead. Brahma did not do it consciously, but he simply performed his Divine assignment. That very moment, he recognized his blunder. Devatas got startled, panic grew everywhere in the universe…,O what would happen with the Divine principle of creation, as the Lord of Creation himself fell in error. Vishnu with Lakshmi, and Shiva with Parvati were witnessing that complex situation. A divine confusion was seen on the immortal faces caused by the mere slip of tongue. All realized the efficacy of Mantra, because Mantra is the Shabda- Brahman/Powerful sound, transcending time and place. A congregation of the Devatas to be presided over by Shiva with Ashutosh attribute was announced. What happened then was not a miracle, or a cosmic change but only a reflection of the Grace of Parvati, as she is the Mother Creatrix par–excellence. She is the only source of power to transform death into immortality and to justify ‘Mrityor ma Amritamgamay’.
After great deliberations, it was concluded that the child transformed into Immortality be adopted by Shri Parvati and to function as the Chief attendant of Parmsehwara Shiva. He was assigned to work as the Nandi Rudra- commander of the forces of Shiva. The proposal was moved by Parvati and given the assent by Narayana. It was proclaimed by Brahma that the Immortal child will henceforth be addressed as Nandakeshwara. His color turned red, assumed four arms and three eyes.”
Writes Dr Chaman Lal Raina who claims to be the 5th generation down the line of Yogini Padmavati Swamin Gautama.
अथ ध्यान श्लोक:
नन्दि चतुर्बुजो रक्ताः चतुर्वक्त्र– त्रिलोचनः
बीज गर्भं मुण्ड शीलं चिन्तयेत् विघ्न नाशनं
श्री पार्वती प्रियं पुत्रं परमेश्वर सेवकं
भक्त रक्षा कर्म चैव तँ वन्दे नन्दिकेश्वरं।
All these five Bijaksharas are the conscient and super conscient seed- syllables of Nandakeshwara. These have been knit together in a cosmic circle of a Chakra, which is Divinely designed with the Immutable Varnamala of:
नन्दि रुद्राय नमः कंदि रुद्राय नमः
तर्क राजाय नमः पर्क राजाय नमः
मानसरोवराय नमः
ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं नन्दि केश्वराय नमः
My painting is a hand folded Naman to Shree Nandikeshwar Bhairav.
[Contact Artist Ravi Dhar for details or sale – rddharbhardwaj02@gmail.com]
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