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Since the Sun makes a day and a
night that is why this day and night is called a Solar day and night. ============================================== Seven Winds Dark matter is the 7th Wind (of the Seven wind currents) of the Cosmos of the Hindu Thought. Recent weeks were abuzz with the talk of the discovery of Dark matter as a bridge between galaxies. Dark matter is abundant. It is everywhere. No one knows its composition. Yet its presence is known from the way it has a hold on things around it – to say in layman's words. It affects the gravitational force of the celestial bodies. By this it is inferred that it has some force of its own (or derived as per the explanation in Hindu Thought) with which it is able to exert an influence on the galaxies that are strewn around. Recent discovery shows that the dark matter is behaving like a grid and a guide to the galaxies in their journey across space. Before going further, I would like to remind the reader that I am layperson, having no qualification to speak on science matters. But I am able to see some commonality in certain matters with Hindu concepts, which I am writing down here. On the recent report on dark matter, I am seeing a commonality with a concept called Sapt Vaayu (seven currents of wind) of the Hindu Thought. According to the Hindu Thoughts there are 7 currents of wind or air. The description about the seven currents of Sapt Vaayu can be found in Mahaabhaarat (Shaanti Parv, chapter 328), in the 4th chapter of Siddhaant Shiromani and in the 2nd chapter of the Soorya Siddhaant. The Vishnu Purana also speaks about it and Vishnu Sahastra Naam identifies Vishnu as "Vaayu Vaahana" – the one who is the carrier for wind or the one who makes the wind flow. These winds are 7 in number (Sapt Vaayu). My previous article on Sapt Vaayu can be read here:- Seven Types of Air-currents The first 5 currents are within the Earth's sphere and the 6th and the 7th currents are moving across the space guiding the planets and galaxies to move in specific paths. The 6th current causes the celestial bodies to go in rotational paths whereas the 7th current guides them to move in paths across the Space – whose destination is not known to Science. Counting from last to first, the sequence shows how creation is sustained from outer space to Earth. The Paraavaaha is the carrier for all beings, both tangible and intangible to sustain and proceed from infinity to finite existence. (Vaaha means carrier, flowing etc, from which the word Vaahan is derived). Paraavaaha is the carrier that goes throughout the Para – the entire the stretch from creation to delusion. This stretch measured in time scale is equal to 100 years of Four faced Brahmaa which is equal to 311,040,000,000,000 years. ({4,320,000,000 - a day of Brahmaa + 4,320,000,000, a night of Brahmaa} X 360 days X 100 yrs). According to Ved Vyaas Jee, Sapt Vaayu is the breath of Vishnu's nostrils. One breath goes to the length the above mentioned number of years. Like this every breath of Vishnu signifies a continuous flow of winds in which worlds are formed, sustained and destroyed countless number of times. The Vaayu / air that goes to the full extent of Paraa is Paraavaaha. The description of dark matter as constituting more than 80% of all the matter in the Universe and being spread throughout the Universe and also becoming the grid basis in which galaxies are sustained and led in their path fits well with Paraavaaha Vaayu, the Ultimate Vaayu that is the base component of God's breath. The next in line, Parivaaha helps in the sustenance of tangible universe at finite existence. The others come in the picture in further progression of creation that has its final resting place at Earth as air and in our lungs as Praan. Sages have illustrated this sequence in the form of an Ashwatth tree seen from our level as upside down with its roots in heavens (outer space) and branches in the Earth – which is the final place of creation. There may be several explanations for why they compared creation with the Ashwattha tree in upside down position. But a fact about that tree that is of interest in the present context is that this tree produces huge amounts of oxygen that is found concentrated under the branches. Oxygen is the sustainer for life at the final levels of creation. Life has branched out severally on Earth, thereby making the sages visualize the Ashwattha branches at the Earth with its base in the sky. The life energy for the branches come from above – from the roots. Similarly the final levels of air are at the earth where the first and the long lasting air flows from outer space. The 7th Vaayu (Paraavaaha) is comparable to the roots of this Ashwattha tree – spanning from infinity and carrying forth the sap throughout the regions where the Ashwattha has spread. This current is similar to the Dark matter with numerous veins that make it possible for matter to move forth. Looking at why these currents are symbolized as Vaayu, it appears that no other term best describes them. Vaayu – the term for air or wind – is also the term that is signified as resembling the Ultimate God, the Supreme Brahm. (Brahm means that which is big and keeps growing). Vaayu is Pratyaksh Brahm – the tangible Brahm or God. It is everywhere – within our body and outside our body. It is the substratum on which we reside and it is also the in-dweller without which we are lifeless. It is known by the popular name Praan. Praan is the only ultimate life giver. If we look at the way a baby is born, life starts when this Vaayu (air) enters his lungs and initiates the process of breathing. If death means cessation of breath, birth means beginning of breath. That is why we consider only the first cry of the baby as the time of birth. However it does not mean that the baby was lifeless before Vaayu (Praan) entered in his lungs. The baby is very much alive while inside the womb, even without Praan - the vital breath. What sustains the baby with life while inside the womb is exactly similar to how the Universe(s) are held in the Cosmic Egg of Brahm, identified as Naaraayan (meaning of Naaraayan is in whom everything rests and who rests in everything – a meaning similar to how Vaayu, the air is identified by Upanishad as Pratyaksh Brahm) That means the Universe(s) with countless galaxies are indeed like the fetus that is still growing and are full of life. By this logic, every star cluster that we see is sustained with life (not the life as we say in common usage) thanks to the sap supplied by the umbilical cord that arises from Naaraayan's navel. How the sap is being distributed to every nook and corner of the Universe can be understood by the concept of Paraavaaha Vaayu (dark matter). How matter in the Universe is guided to form their own systems for furthering the Creation process is facilitated by Parivaaha Vaayu - (Gravitational force). 6th and 7th Vaayu
The description given in Mahaabhaarat gives a better understanding of this concept. Mahaabhaarat says that the 6th current obstructs the linear movement of celestial bodies and thus guides them into rotational orbits. Bheeshm lying on the arrow-bed, gives the narration as told by Vyaas Jee to his son Shuk Dev Jee:- "The sixth wind bears all celestial waters in the firmament and prevents them from falling down. Sustaining the sacred waters of the celestial Gangaa, that wind blows, preventing them from having a downward course. Obstructed by that wind from a distance, the Sun, which is really the source of a thousand rays, and which enlightens the world, appears as a luminous body of but one ray. Through the action of that wind, the Moon, after waning, wanes again till he displays his full disc. That wind is known, O foremost of ascetics, by the name Parivaaha." Gravitational force is indicated by this description. The 6th current is gravity exerted at different levels. Anybody in the Universe will have to undergo a turn -around or a folding in its course of movement. This current got manifest some time after creation started. As per Hindu Thought, initially creation proceeded without any differentiation. Only when there is a differentiation and variation, can there be multiplicity and branching out. It didn't happen initially. However after some time a 'wind' blew and stirred up the matter that was proceeding without differentiation. This resulted in collision of particles, folding up and revolutions. As per the description of Mahaabhaarat, the 6th current obstructed the path of the Sun or the Moon which made them revolve in orbits. Therefore I theorise that the 6th current is the Gravitational force that is found all over the Universe in some measures making the particles go in orbits. This enables the birth of atoms and birth of worlds so that cyclical environment is created for life to form and die in endless cycles. By this it is also known that Gravitational force was not there at the moment of creation and sometime after creation. This current was the second born. Parivaaha wind hypothesizes that the path of the Universe itself is circular or rotational like the potter's wheel. There is a central axis around which all Universes rotate. The following illustration shows a single path with a central axis. One can hypothesize infinite number of paths both horizontally and vertically in this formation. The rotational path ensures continuous to and fro motion that is needed for a never ending cycle of birth and death or creation and destruction. This is best described in the concept of Nataraaj. Details of these can be read here - Cosmic egg - Nataraaj and Chakratthazhwar in unison. For the current article, I am emphasizing that the 6th current called as Parivaaha is the force of gravity that makes all the objects – including the Universes to go in rotational course. The source of this force or current rests with the central axis which can be characterized as the tip of the God's finger as in Vishnu's image holding the Chakra (disc). So even if we are able to identify the source of gravity, for the entire universe, we will not be 'seeing' God. We will be only seeing His finger tip. We cannot 'see' Him, even if the man manages to detect the source of Dark matter, for it will only show the design of God's game – of where we go within the frame of that game board. But if man manages to map the game board with dark matter forming the grid pattern, he will understand that there is nothing called randomness or uncertainty or even Free will!! Seen from outside the system the game board will look like a well planned maze. But a person standing within the game board, at any point of that maze cannot see that but understand / hypothesize that. By this I come to say that with every new discovery related to dark matter, it will be a new step in coming closer to accepting God (Brahm) as the ultimate Creator. 7th Vaayu The first born wind was Paraavaha – which carried all that were created. It carried both the entities of initial creation, namely Prakriti and Purush. The 7th Vaayu is described as follows in Mahaabhaarat - "That wind which takes away the life of all living creatures when the proper hour comes, whose track is followed by Death and Soorya's son Yam, which becomes the source of that immortality which is attained by Yogee of subtle sight who are always engaged in Yog meditation, by whose aid the thousands of grandsons of Daksha, that Lord of creatures, by his ten sons, succeeded in days of old in attaining to the ends of the Universe, whose touch enables one to attain to Emancipation by freeing oneself from the obligation of returning so the world, that wind is called by the name of Paraavaha. The foremost of all winds, it is incapable of being resisted by anybody." This description includes all Jeev also! That means both Prakriti and Purush are guided by the 7th Vaayu. The dark matter detected by science may not be uniform or similar at all places. It has another important purpose of being a carrier or transporter of departed souls from one realm to another. Hindu scriptures speak of 2 routes in this context, one is called Pitri Yaan – the realm in the region below the plane of our existence and another is called Dev Yaan – the realm which is in the region above our plane of existence. There are specific routes to these realms. A Jeev departing in Uttaraayan (northern course of the Sun - from Capricorn to Cancer) will be carried by the Paraavaha going to Dev Yaan path. Bheeshm waited for that course to come in line with Earth so that he could be carried through the Dev Yaan path. This topic, on route of Devayana and Pitri Yaan by itself is very vast which I will write later. Those who can read Tamil can have an idea about it by reading my Tamil articles in the following links: Its meaning is that each Earth (planet Earth, solar Earth or its gravitational field, galaxy) has same ratio with its sky as man is related to Earth. Man, Earth, solar field, galaxy are successively "10 to the power 7" times bigger. From the Earth, we cross 7 zones of Vaayu, each 10 times bigger, then we arrive at solar field. Again, we go outwards and cross 7 layers of wind, then we arrive at the size of galaxy. Here, flow or existence of rare matter is called wind. In scale of Earth, there will be 7 x 7 = 49 Maruts in galaxy. from the Earth to sky ratio of "10 to the power 7" is equal to "2 to the power 24" and 24 is the number of the syllables (Akshar) in Gayatri Chhand, thus all worlds are measured in Gayatri. Some quotes are given below :- रविचन्द्रम
सोर्यावन्मयूखैरव
भास्यते । ससमुद्र
सरिच्छैला पृथिवी
तावती स्मृता।३। (3) The zone lighted by the Sun
and the Moon is Prithivī (Earth) and in all the Earths - ocean, rivers and
mountains are stated as on our planet Earth. (4) Whatever is the size of the Earth
by diameter and circumference, the same size is by diameter and circumference of its
sky, starting from Earth.. Stated by Maitreya Jee to Paraashar, addressed as Dwij
(Braahman). Thus the 5 levels of Vishwa starting
with man are successively 107 times bigger. Man -> Earth -> Solar system -> Galaxy -> Universe
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Created on 05/18/2008 and Updated on 06/05/2013