Friends, there is a great personal character named Ashwatthama in Mahabharata. He has been called the incarnation of Lord Shiva. He was the son of Guru Dronacharya. Dronacharya was the teacher of Kauravas and Pandavas. He was proficient in all the sciences, even in the transcendental theology. He was a Brahmin, and at that time the real Brahmin was considered to be the one who knew Brahmavidya. There were many Brahmins by name. Brahmavidya is synonymous with Kundalinividya, because both lead to spiritual awakening. Dronacharya also had the biggest war weapon named Brahmastra. Brahmastra has the ability to burn the entire universe, like a nuclear weapon. Dronacharya had given that highly secret Brahmastravidya only to his son Ashwatthama, not even to his most beloved disciple Arjuna. When the Kauravas were defeated, Duryodhana, desperate and saddened by it, asked Ashwatthama for help. He too could not turn down the demand of his dear friend. He cut off the heads of five sleeping men from the Pandava house in the dark of night thinking those as pandavas. But actually they were five sons of Pandavas. Furious with their mother Draupadi’s lamentation, Arjuna sat on the chariot with Krishna and started following Ashvatthama. Ashwatthama ran away in fear and fired Brahmastra i.e. Brahmashir astra on Arjuna. It posed a threat to the entire universe. The universe started burning due to its bright glow. It created a huge fire in all directions. Seeing the danger to his life, Arjuna was saddened and his brightness was destroyed. Even Shri Krishna was not able to stop that weapon. Ashwatthama did not learn the art of stopping it from his father. Ashwatthama was also realizing his mistake, but was unable to do anything. He was scolded by everyone including Shri Krishna that when he did not know how to stop the Brahmastra, then why did he use it. Then, with the advice of Shri Krishna, Arjuna remembering Lord Shiva pacified it by firing the Shaivastra i.e. Pashupat weapon given by Lord Shiva while meditating on him in the past. The damage caused by it was averted, although it was trying to burn Abhimanyu’s wife Uttara’s womb, but Sri Krishna saved it until the Pashupat weapon was fired.
Spirituo-scientific explanation of the above story
Firstly, this Brahmastra is also called the same Brahmashir arrow in a neighbouring verse, which was made from the spine of sage Dadhichi and that had killed the demon Vritrasura. In the recent old post, we proved that it is the energy line in the form of awakened Sushumna. Second, Ashwatthama was a learned Brahmin, to whom his father Dronacharya, who was well versed in the Vedas, had given all the education. Brahmin’s job is to study and teach Vedas, what do they have to do with weapons. If someone says that of course fighting was the work of the Kshatriyas or warrior group people, but teaching how to fight was the work of the Brahmins, then this statement does not suit. The one who does not know how to fight himself, how can he teach others how to fight. I find the language of weapons used for them to be figurative. This must have been done so that it does not happen that the warrior Kshatriyas do not come under the control of Brahmins by coming into the ego. Anyway, intelligence has been considered the biggest weapon, because even the biggest war can be won or avoided by intelligence, and intelligence is in abundance with a Brahmin. Even the war of Mahabharata seems like a mental war to me. A long time ago, news about radioactive radiation of Mahabharata war in Kurukshetra field was read in newspapers and social media. It was written that when so-and-so scientists investigated, the tests turned out to be positive. Don’t know how they present fabricated things as truth, from where they bring scientists, and where they get them investigated. On probing deeply, it was found that there is no scientific confirmation of this, and it is still considered as Mythology. It is a different matter that it cannot be completely denied, because what is happening inside in a subtle form, that is also happening outside in a gross form. Brahmasna destroys the subtle world of the mind, and the nuclear weapon destroys the gross world of exactly the same form outside. In fact everything is subtle. Perhaps such stories like half-truths are created only to increase the curiosity towards spirituality in the common man. One more thing, if the wars described in the Puranas were real physical wars, then the Hindu community would have been the most fighting community, but it is not so, it’s quite the opposite seemingly. Hindus appear shrinking today. In addition, the war was kept closed from sunset to sunrise. This happens only in the war of life, when people work during the day and sleep at night. All this shows that those battles were against the defects of the mind that were fought with the help of Kundalini Shakti in the body itself. To make them interesting they are shown as outside and real. Although it’s a different matter whatever takes place inside body,the same happens outside too. Duryodhana means the person who is hardly won in the war seems to me a symbol of ego. The Kauravas were one hundred brothers. There is also a popular saying that there are hundred bad qualities in such and such person. I am also not denying that Mahabharata is history. May be both things are true. It is also evident from this that Brahmastra is awakened Sushumna only. Ashwatthama made it run on Arjuna, meaning he started awakening Kundalini inside Arjuna with the power of his vision also called as eye born shaktipat. Anyway, Ashwatthama was an awakened person. The proof of this is the gem burried on his forehead. Actually it is the awakened agya chakra or opened third eye. A sudden awakening of the Kundalini will cause the same uneasiness as a man who has lived in a dark cave for years is brought out into the sun suddenly. Due to this, great light was created in all directions, which means that Arjuna’s brain was shining all around, because the whole universe is inside the brain. At the time of awakening, there is a fear of strange untoward happening, though it’s different from normal fear. It is full of bliss, light and peace. Together with the destroyed ego, which means that one’s personality ends, there can also be a feeling of impending death. This feeling is also different from death and is luminous and fully expressional. One may feel that he is going towards a peaceful divine world or Muktiloka that’s liberated abode. Arjuna was saddened by this and his glory was destroyed. Actually the glory of the ego was destroyed, the glory of Brahman was increasing. Fighting sharpens the ego, but Brahmatej causes forget everything and makes one like a monk. Understand that Arjuna got Kundalini awakening or started getting. Due to this, side effects of Kundalini awakening were born on him. These are being described figuratively. Life is a war. If a man is suppressed by the burden of Kundalini, then how will he fight in the battle of life, how will he kill the ego like Duryodhana. The problem is that from where a pure and sattvic Brahmin like Ashwatthama can bring so much energy, which helps destroy those Kundalini Doshas. He was a bachelor boy at that time, so Guru Dronacharya did not teach him energy rich tantric techniques. But the married Arjuna had already learned those Vamachari or leftist techniques from Lord Shiva, which have been named Shaivastra or Pashupatastra. Shri Krishna reminded Arjuna of that. Ashwatthama was an incarnation of Shiva, because he was supporting the Kauravas that were in the form of bad qualities. Even Shiva looks like a vicious tantrik when seen from outside. He is always on the side of the demons, but when the gods persuade him, he comes over to the side of the gods. He’s innocent, isn’t he? Anyone can easily mislead and convince him.The Pandavas along with Krishna removed the gem from his forehead as a punishment. This means that if one tries to become like Shiva without proper knowledge of Shaivism, he will be misguided even after being awakened. It is tantamount to death sentence for him. Why didn’t Dronacharya teach Brahmastra Vidya to his disciples, and why only to his son Ashwatthama. In worldly education, it is the other way round, that means a teacher can teach everything to his students, but cannot teach anything to his son, for whom separate tuition has to be arranged. This also proves that it was a transcendental yoga science. It’s understandable less by someone’s teaching, but by the constant company and rituals of one’s present family and ancestors, it comes to be learnt itself without teaching. One more thing, the physical weapon does not allow itself to reach the child in a woman’s womb without harming her. Yes, the radiation from a nuclear weapon can do that. But it damages the womb of countless women, not just the womb of a single chosen woman. Kundalini is said to influence DNA. Because they were all members of the same family, their DNA was intertwined. Because the fetus was the most delicate, his DNA was most affected. He felt that there was a bright and burning radiance all around, which Lord Krishna was pacifying with his Sudarshan Chakra. In fact, when Kundalini Shakti reaches the brain, a meditation image automatically appears in the middle of it to protect one from its side effects. Probably Shri Krishna was in this form. Shri Krishna only because he was the closest, dearest and most respected of his family.
Mahabharata is called the fifth Veda. There is an experiential and esoteric description of the Supreme in the Vedas. The same has been simplified in Puranas and Mahabharata with mythological stories. What is the use of physical science in them? Although the same is inside the gross physical world, which is inside the mind and soul, but the main focus is placed on the aspects of the mind, soul, and the body associated with it. Lord Krishna is the soul. The five Pandavas are his five Pranas or life forces. Shri Krishna himself has also said this. Arjuna is the main prana. Hundreds of worldly thoughts are hundred Kaurav brothers. They constantly keep on snatching the power of the pranas. They want to keep them away from the soul. Krishna’s dearest friend is Arjuna. He acts as main Prana that help kundalini Shakti rise up to meet the Atman. Prana gives strength to the breaths. It remains closest to the soul. That’s why at the time of awakening the breath becomes calm. It is only with the power of the breath that the power ascends up. Ashwatthama fired Brahmastra on Arjuna means Yoga provoked Prana to awakening. The seven chakras are the seven sons of the Pandavas. The chakras are activated by the vital force or prana. Five sons were killed by Ashwatthama means good worldly activity in the form of yoga etc. stuck in the midst of hundreds of evils pierced the five chakras. Anyway, due to physical activity, maximum pressure falls on Muladhar Chakra, because it is close to the waist joint. Yoga increases this pressure, because in this we bend more, bend for a longer time, and bend while holding the breath with awareness. The rear Swadhishthana Chakra which is the raised hip bone, seems to have a depression on the adjoining upper side, I think that is the real Mooladhara or directly connected to mooladhara. By massaging deeply in it, there is a feeling of intense sensation like sexual pleasure which ascends upwards. Abhimanyu and Ghatotkacha were left among the sons of Pandavas, which means that the top two main chakras were not penetrated. That’s why the symptoms of Kundalini were not tolerated by Arjuna. Now call it a fabricated story or a real yoga story created by a epic writer Rishi, but it is well made and factful.
There is another side to this story as well. Drauna is also the name of a mountain. Dronacharya means Acharya who controls the mountains. Anyway, he had done penance on Mount Drauna. Bones have been called mountains at many places. Yoga etc. is done with the bones only. That’s why I am telling Ashwatthama Yogasadhana. When the chakras were penetrated by yoga, the suppressed emotions came out and became extinct, that means they died completely. Due to this, their mother Buddhi or intellect i.e. Draupadi started crying with sorrow, because those feelings were created because of her actions. Prana Arjuna along with the soul Krishna also got disturbed by this and they ran to stop the yoga i.e. to catch Ashwatthama. But by then Sushumna had awakened, which means it had left the Brahmastra. Anyway, Sahasrar Chakra is also called Brahmarandhra. Ashwatthama was maintaining the friendship of Duryodhana, because when a man gets tired or bored of selfish worldliness, then he himself adopts yoga. Prana could not bear the radiance of that awakened Kundalini, so he brought it down to the agya chakra by rubbing his forehead. Then don’t know where it got merged. This is to extract a gem from the forehead of Ashwatthama. After awakening man feels like a new birth like a child. This is the complete shaving of hair on head and face of Ashwatthama. If the Brahmastra was a physical weapon, its radiance and other effects would be felt by all, but it was felt only by Arjuna, because it was inside him. Krishna is the real soul, it doesn’t matter to him, because he is always awake. Shaivastra is a worldly mind like an open style of living. Panchamkar of Tantra is the biggest worldliness. After meditating or seeing it, the Shaivastra was launched, due to which the Brahmastra became calm. It is possible that some dance or ceremony of women etc. is going on nearby. As soon as you pay attention to it, the Shaivastra must have launched. In fact, Ajna Chakra and Sahasrar Chakra should also become active, only then the Kundalini awakening can be tolerated well. The manifest and unmanifest complex thoughts of the intellect are reduced to ashes by the activation of the agya chakra. Similarly, the activation of the Sahasrar Chakra increases blood circulation there, so that the pressure of awakening can be tolerated. Along with this, the active and repressed unrestrained visual thoughts are also consumed.
Arjuna’s son was Abhimanyu and his son was Parikshit who was watching Krishna in Uttara’s womb. He used to test Krishna in everyone even after coming out, that is why he was named Parikshit that literally means to judge. Abhimanyu literally means very angry. Actually, anger is expressed through the prana. That anger was towards the deceitful worldliness like Duryodhana. But it was downgraded inside superficial thinking, not upgraded with deep thinking. Means Arjuna hated him superficially, not deeply. ‘Ut’ literally means above, and Tara means floating. Due to this the power of anger was being transformed into the image form of Kundalini meditation. Due to this, the Navjeev or newborn as Parikshit was feeling kundalini in the form of Krishna’s Dhyanachitra. The new soul is because the soul is transformed into a new one by meditation. Then that transformed person, even after growing up, used to search and test the same meditation picture everywhere, because it is very blissful and benevolent. When it is so good in the subtle form in the mind, then how much better it will be in the physical form. But the physical form has its own compulsions. That’s why it is nowhere to be found. A man keeps on testing it everywhere. Every man especially awakened man is Parikshit.
One more thing, the war chakravyuh in which Abhimanyu entered had seven layers. Firstly, the name is also chakra, and the count is also equal to the chakras of the body. Both are in the form of a layer on top of each other. Muladhara Chakra is limited to itself, Swadhishthana Chakra covers it too etc. In this way, the upper chakra covers the lower ones as well. Sahasrara covers all the chakras. When a person enters Chakra meditation due to anger on someone, then he can enter inside, but cannot come out, because anger ends with the effect of Sadhana or meditation. Dhruva went out to find Lord Vishnu filled with anger towards his step mother, but when lord Vishnu met, his anger ended and he started loving the same mother very much. Perhaps the same happened with Lord Rama, that’s why his ill-wishing stepmother was most dear to him.
Demystifying Kundalini 