Friends, in the original and main story of Matsya Purana, it is said that in ancient times, Maharaj Vaivaswat Manu, the enlightened son of Surya, handed over the kingdom to his son and performed severe penance in a part of Malayachal. Through this he attained the best yoga. After millions of years of his penance, Brahma appeared and asked him to ask for a boon. On this Manu asked for a boon that he would be able to protect all living beings in case of cataclysm. Brahma gave this boon. Once, while performing Pitru Tarpan in the Ashram, Manu found a fish falling on his palm along with water. Out of pity he put that in Kamandalu. In a single day and night it grew sixteen fingers and started saying protect me, protect me. Then the king put it in an earthen pot. There also that fish grew three feet in one night. Then she started saying that she is under their protection, please protect her. Then Manu kept that fish in the well. There she again became one yojan bigger. And she e started saying the same thing. Then Manu left her in the Ganga. When she became huge there too, Manu threw her into the sea. Manu asked in fear whether she e was a demon king or a god. Then God in Matsya form said that she is fine, saying that he has recognized him. The Lord said, “King, in a short time this earth along with the mountains, forests and banks will be submerged in water. Therefore, to protect all the living beings, the gods have created this boat. You protect creation by putting all the living beings on it. When this boat begins to waver due to the winds of the Yugaant that’s age end, at that time you tie it to my horn. Then at the end of the destruction, you will be the creator of all the living beings of the world. In this way, at the beginning of Kritayuga, you will appear as an omniscient and patient king in Manvantara that’s manu age. You will be the ruler of the world. At that time the gods will worship you. Then Manu asked some questions to which Madhusudan answered in the following manner. From today till hundred years there will be no rain on this earth. This will cause a terrible famine. Then in the presence of that final cataclysm When this happens, the seven fierce rays of the Sun, which will shower hot embers, will start tormenting all the living beings. Badwanal will also take a very terrible form. The poisonous fire coming out from the mouth of Sankarshana that’s Cosmic serpent rising above the underworld and emerging from the forehead of Lord Rudra at third eye. The fire will also rage, destroying all the three worlds. In this way, when the entire earth will be burnt to ashes and the sky will be saturated with heat, then the entire world including the gods and stars will be destroyed. At that time, seven types of clouds will drown the earth with heavy rain of water generated from the sweat of fire. Then the seven oceans will get angry and become one, and will convert the three worlds into one cosmic ocean. At that time, you take this boat in the form of Vedas, load all the living beings and seeds on it and tie it to my horn. In such a situation, even when the entire group of gods gets destroyed, you will still remain alive with my power. In this inner destruction, only Soma, Surya, I, Brahma along with the four worlds, Narmada River, Maharishi Markandeya, Shankar, the four Vedas, the Puranas surrounded by knowledge and this world (in the form of a boat) along with you, will survive. During the doomsday period of Chakshusha Manvantar, when the entire earth will be immersed in Ekarnava that’s single cosmic ocean and the creation will begin through you, then I will save the Vedas again. Saying this, Lord Matsya disappeared.
Main myth plot of Matsya Purana exposed
The soul must have been called Suryaputra, because the luminous Sun is often said to be the true form of God. Manu means a pro human being. Malayachal means a mountain filled with white sandalwood trees. Millions of years have passed while doing penance, which means man has evolved from an ordinary creature over millions of years. To give a boon from Brahma means to be naturally capable of that because only Brahma does everything in nature. When a cataclysm occurs, it means that when a man dies, he should be able to protect all living beings, that is, through reproduction, he should be able to create new humans. Power or shakti is called fish. It is called God because there is no difference in principle between Shiva and Shakti. That is the same Kundalini Shakti which rises above the Muladhar and takes the form of the rapidly growing Sheshnag or mythical serpent, which spreads across the entire body as cosmic ocean. Boat probably refers to the reproductive organ. Because the gods have created all the parts of the body. That Yugantak Vayu means vital air will become shaky i.e. active. The boat was tied to the front part of the body of fish with its horn, meaning a fish-like mouth having organ. At the end of the Pralaya, it means at the birth of a child, you will become the father of all the living beings, because the entire creation including all the living beings is in the mind and body of man or child. Manvantar means difference of births of a man. After the death of a human being, when in another body he’s reborn, that is the Manvantara or different human life. That second birth is Kritayuga or Satyayuga, because a person who is spoiled in one human birth often improves in his next birth. Just as the cycle of ages rotates outside, so does it inside. Lord of Manvantar means father. Omniscient because he knows everything about the previous birth of that new human being born, of course in a subtle or subconscious form. Being patient because the creation of a new creation means the development of a new human being took a lot of time, for which Manu waited patiently. The gods worship the father. The son’s body is made of gods. The son will serve or worship his father, which means he will be worshipped by the gods. The life span of a human being is only hundred years. During that time, the creation that takes place in his mind takes place without rain, because rain occur in the physical world, not in its subtle form in the brain. This is called famine. Then the holocaust is described as the death of a man after completing one hundred years of age. There are seven types of body fever. These are called the seven types of rays of the Sun. Badwanal means fire in the sea. In the scriptures, Muladhar has been compared to the ocean. Fire in it means meditation of Shiv Shakti in it, as Ravana did. Badwanal has been given the form of a horse in the scriptures. The shape of the horse somewhat resembles that of a dragon. This means that the Kundalini Shakti itself is Badwanal, which ascends up through the horse-shaped nadi. That is why Badwanal is also shown being used as a weapon on the enemy. Power itself is like a weapon. Anyway, horses have special hair on the back, just above the Sushumna nadi, in the central line of the body, from the tail to the head, and even in some species up to the midpoint of the brow. Maybe that’s why horses have a sharp mind. In emergency or trouble, Muladhara starts getting activated to give strength to the body. The dying man’s breathing becomes rapid and deep. With the force of those breaths, the power of the Muladhara also starts rising rapidly, and rises up through the Sushumna nadi and spreads throughout the brain and takes the form of Sheshnag i.e. Sankarshana. The air coming out of the mouth is its poison. It is called poison because ancient people knew that if fresh air is not available from outside, then breathing in one’s own exhaled air can lead to death due to suffocation. When the power rises, it is natural that it will concentrate on the Ajna Chakra. This is the third eye of Shiva that spews fire. Since both of these types of events result in death, it is said that the body will be burnt to ashes. Anyway, dead bodies are burnt. After fever, sweating occurs. Seven types of fever resulted in seven types of sweat. They have been called seven types of oceans. All the oceans have gathered, which means in the end the body becomes completely cold. The entire body including the mind gets absorbed in a subtle form in the ocean i.e. Mooladhara. Meaning someone died. The entire world of the dead person gets transformed in a subtle form and gets situated in the Muladhar of the future father i.e. Manu. ‘Shya’ means one who sleeps. The creature that slept in Manu’s Muladhar became a human being. In the same sea of Mooladhar, there is a boat in the form of related sense organ situated. On the same boat, he loads the dead person present in subtle form in the form of living beings and seeds i.e. semen. Seed is also a living being. The further story of fish etc. becomes understandable on its own. Because the body was destroyed, the gods were also destroyed. Due to the dead person not breathing, the Vayudevs were destroyed, due to not producing heat, the Fire gods were destroyed, and due to lack of blood circulation, the Water gods were destroyed. These are the three main deities. All the other deities related to different organs were also destroyed. Some eternal things like Soma, Surya, and I (Matsya in the form of God), Markandeya, Narmada etc. have been mentioned. Perhaps these are such things which are related to the eternal nature of God. Soma means things related to mind, Surya means soul etc. Everything happens in the subtle body, but it has been described in brief as the subtle world. The subtle body is actually the universal form, because it enters the body through the senses and gets suppressed and becomes subtle. We can call the body a machine that suppresses the world. In detail, the soul, intellect, mind, senses etc. have been described in the subtle body, but this is only a philosophical expansion only, because all these things come under the world. When the womb of creation is established by Manu, then Lord Hayagriva will rescue the Vedas from the demon, which will be explained in the next post. In this way, when Lord Matsya was pulling the boat in the cosmic ocean, at that time he was telling the things of knowledge and science to Manu, which became Matsya Purana. By the way, due to the activity of the so-called Matsya, the Shakti itself remains active in the Sushumna which keeps providing new knowledge and scientific experiences to a man. Just as every particle of the universe is a form of God, similarly every part and particle of the body is also.
Because power rises rapidly only through penance and yoga practice, that is why the water came into the sage’s hands while performing tarpan or ritualistic water pouring. In Tarpan, water is dropped on the hands from a sacred copper spoon. The fish in the hand means power shakti is felt on Anahata chakra, because at the time of tarpan a strong feeling is done from the heart. In a way, Shakti gets entangled in the world by the senses of the body. This is why the fish is afraid of the predatory aquatic creatures and seeks protection from Manu. Due to this Manu started the practice of energy cultivation. When that power increased, it descended to Kamandalu in the form of grown up fish to navel chakra. As she grew further, she descended into the well in the form of Muladhar. As it progressed there, it climbed up the back channel i.e. Sushumna i.e. Ganga. In this way, it became widespread like Sheshnag with its hood raised up. It was then lowered through the front channel into the ocean of Muladhar. Meaning the huge fish was released into the sea.
I think Kundalini awakening itself is shown metaphorically as Devdarshan or god visualisation. The thing with which a person engages in Kundalini Sadhana in his mind will be fulfilled after awakening. It is said as a metaphor that the God appeared and gave a boon. According to Yoga, the pure scientific and theoretical awakening of Kundalini is such that a person becomes one with the mental picture of an image and becomes completely open to the infinite form, there is no verbal talk etc. with that picture. Rishis used to do sadhana with good intentions in their mind, but demons used to do sadhana with bad intentions. The goal of protecting the universe was in Manu’s mind, as is the mind of every father. But Ravana had the goal of defeating the whole world. That’s why the demand for the same boons came out of their mouths. Manu had just awakened the Kundalini when he saw a fish the size of several crores of yojanas. One crore yojana is equal to approximately 13 crore kilometers, which is approximately the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Seeing such fish spread over such distances seems to be nothing other than awakening of Kundalini. Matsya spread so much, meaning the snake-shaped Shakti spread through Sahasrara in the entire universe. Shakti became one with Shiva. Because without any meditation picture, Manu’s power got awakened and spread into infinity, that is why Manu is not shown asking for boon from any deity like Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesha etc., but directly asking for help from Shakti molded in the metaphor of fish. This means that Matsya Purana may be much older than other Puranas. At that time perhaps the benefits of meditation image had not been discovered or well documented, and people used to do spiritual work directly. Although the meditation picture itself is formed from spirituality, but perhaps they did not give special emphasis to awaken it, because due to not knowing its scientific principle, there was no complete faith in it. A man does not take his car across a pit full of water whose depth is not known. Due to this, the spiritual energy that had been accumulating for a long time was suddenly felt as a glimpse of surprise awakening. Patanjali’s scientific Ashtanga Yoga would have been written later, which would have revealed the importance of meditation image and its quick awakening. That is why meditation aka dhyana and meditation images are prevalent everywhere in the Puranas. Later on, Ramayana was also written on this basis, in which Ram is sent to Muladhar in the form of Lanka after making him a meditation picture, from where he lifts the sleeping Kundalini Shakti in the form of Sita through the Pushpak Viman in the form of Sushumna channel and brings it to Ayodhya in the form of Sahasrara and awakens it.
It is also possible that the transformation after awakening is shown to be the birth of a new creation after the destruction. Awakening is anyway called new birth. That is why Manu does not die in that holocaust. Everything old in the brain gets destroyed, but its subtle seed remains, only then it takes birth again in a new form. This means that just as the old creation became distorted and filled with suffering over time, so too can the new one. That is why even after awakening, one has to be careful and continue doing Yoga so that the new creation remains protected from getting distorted. The power in the form of Matsya helps in his transformation. During transformation man learns new and good things, this is what is said by Matsya Lord narrating Matsya Purana to Manu. Both types of analysis can also be correct, because the stories of the Puranas often have multiple meanings.
Malaya is the name given to white sandalwood. Malayachal means a mountain full of white sandalwood trees. It seems to be the brain only. In this, bright and joyful resolution pictures emerge. Meditation happens in the brain only. Fish can also be a symbol of meditation image. Both are delicate, actively moving and actively growing. The falling of Sankalp water symbolizes the movement of Kundalini Shakti in the microcosmic orbit. Therefore, due to the rotation of Shakti, a meditation picture itself came into Manu’s grip, meaning it came into his hand. It is also commonly said that a certain thing or fish fell into his hands or got trapped in his net. The Puranas use mostly colloquial words. The fish in the form of meditation picture survives only in the water in the form of Shakti. That meditation picture grows very fast through tantric practice. The hand is connected to the Anahata Chakra. This chakra represents the heart and emotions. The love with which Kundalini Yoga begins, originates in the heart itself. With this love mixed with kindness, he took care of the beloved mental image as a fish in his heart and on its overgrowth transported it to Kamandalu i.e. the more powerful and widespread lower Chakra Manipur Chakra. When meditation image becomes strong in the heart, then it automatically descends to the navel. It is also commonly said that after love one feels hungry. The shape of the navel is also like Kamandalu, which means a crooked pit like the sacred pot of worship. In the ocean of the world, there are big carnivores in the form of material defects, that is, pain giving mental images as larger fishes, from which single beloved image as isolated cute fish has to be saved. By continuing to give it loving attention, it continued to grow rapidly. With this, it itself descended to the Swadhisthana Chakra in the form of a pitcher. Anyway, this chakra is called baggage i.e. bag or pitcher shaped container of emotions. There too, it grew with the love of Manu, due to which it descended into the well of Mooladhar. The biggest pit is Muladhar itself, and what can be bigger pit than a well. From there, through Manu’s Yogasadhana, it went up through Sushumna with the help of Kundalini Shakti. This is called putting the fish in the Ganga by Manu. It is written in the beginning of the story that Manu attained Uttam or perfect Yoga while doing penance. This indicates that Kundalini Yoga is being described, because Kundalini Yoga is the best among all types of yoga. From Ganga it went to the Samudra i.e. Sahasrar Chakra. Many people will say that earlier Muladhar was called Samudra aka ocean and now they are calling Sahasrar. There is no contradiction in this. Both chakras are directly connected to each other through the Sushumna Nadi. Muladhara and Sahasrara are two sides of the same coin. As soon as it reached Sahasrar, its shape became like a huge serpent or fish with its hood raised. Meaning Manu’s Kundalini was awakened, due to which his transformation began.
Demystifying Kundalini 