Mana Puranala Prakaram Chiranjeevulu

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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2]There are many rumours in India that revolve around a tall man with gaping hole in the centre of his forehead aimlessly roaming the forests of Northern India. My grandfather recently told me an account about how one of his brothers (I think he was his brother, I'm not too sure though! lol) and that man's wife went to visit a small village in Northern India. I'm not sure how many years ago they visited this place and my overall memory of this account is quite poor, so I'll try to ask my grandfather to re-tell the whole thing to me as soon as possible. Anyway, moving on..... they were sight-seeing this village and engaging in simple chit-chat with the villagers. All of a sudden, a [/size][/font][/color][b]VERY[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] tall man (approximately 12 feet tall, I think my grandfather said! [/size][/font][/color][img]http://images.proboards.com/shocked.gif[/img][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2]) walked into the village. This man had a noticeable dent in his forehead and in the middle of his forehead, there was clearly a circle or hole there. It seemed to be an injury of some sort, but there was no scab which had developed where the hole was. Small drops of blood seemed to seep out of this hole and there were numerous flies that flew around this particular area of his body. The man was quite silent until he approached a man inside a small restaurant selling traditional Indian food. He asked the owner of the store something like 'What have you cooked for me this time?' and, in response, the owner of the store served him a vast variety of foods to quell his appetite. So [/size][/font][/color][b]HUGE[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] was this mysterious man's appetite that he apparently cleared out the restaurant's entire stock of food! Then this man became thirsty and requested water. He was pointed in the direction of a large pot (about half my height and twice my width) which was filled right to the top with water. He promptly went to this pot and proceeded to drink [/size][/font][/color][b]ALL[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] of the water held inside it until not even a single [/size][/font][/color][b]DROP[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] remained! My grandfather's brother and his wife had seen this occurring in front of their very eyes and were quite astonished. They asked a nearby onlooker if he knew who this man was. He responded by saying......... that he was Aswatthama from the [/size][/font][/color][i]Mahabharata[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2]! He further clarified that Aswatthama entered this particular village every year (but only once every year) for about a few hours in one day simply to eat and drink. Then he would silently walk off deeper into the forest without making a sound. I asked my grandfather out of curiosity how and why these villagers could be so calm and offer him food and water even though they are aware of the many grievous sins associated with Aswatthama. My grandfather responded by saying that whenever one is hungry, he or she should be given food and whenever one is thirsty, he or she should be given water...[/size][/font][/color][b]REGARDLESS[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] of that person's character or identity. It should be done because it is a selfless thing to do. It should be done not because it generates very positive karma for a person, but because it is the [/size][/font][/color][i]right[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] thing to do. This is what my grandfather's response was. Upon closer inspection on this anecdote my grandfather told me, it makes [/size][/font][/color][b]SENSE[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] that the man who entered that village was indeed Aswatthama [/size][/font][/color][i]himself[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2]! The man was said to be [/size][/font][/color][b]EXTREMELY[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2]tall. The events of the [/size][/font][/color][i]Mahabharata[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] occurred during [/size][/font][/color][i]Dwapar Yuga[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] (the age which occurred just before this one) and, if I remember correctly, the average height of humankind during this age is between 12-14 feet (to be honest, I don't [/size][/font][/color][b]REALLY[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] know much about this 'feet' unit of measurement at all, since we use the metric system here in Australia! [/size][/font][/color][img]http://images.proboards.com/tongue.gif[/img][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2]). This man was said to have eaten an [/size][/font][/color][b]ENORMOUS[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] amount of food and drank an entire pot [/size][/font][/color][b]FULL[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] of water. The regular appetite of people in [/size][/font][/color][i]Dwapar Yuga[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] is stated as being considerably greater than what it is today. Also, this man was said to have had an injury in the middle of his forehead. In the [/size][/font][/color][i]Mahabharata[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2], Aswatthama was said to have been born with a precious gem known as [/size][/font][/color][i]chintamani[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] embedded onto the centre of his forehead. After the end of the Kurukshetra War, Krishna is said to have forcefully pulled this gem out of Aswatthama's forehead as a part of his punishment for his crimes. It is written in the [/size][/font][/color][i]Mahabharata[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] that blood began to pour profusely out of the hole in the centre of Aswatthama's forehead where the [/size][/font][/color][i]chintamani[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] gemstone had been removed. The removal of the[/size][/font][/color][i]chintamani[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] gemstone caused him [/size][/font][/color][b]SEVERE[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] physical pain. To me, it [/size][/font][/color][b]ALL[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] adds up. That man was most likely Aswatthama. It is also said that Aswatthama is engaged in intense meditation within a cave in the Himalayas to atone for his misdeeds. However, since Aswatthama is said to be a siddha, you will not be able to see him with your limited mortal eyes if he does not want to be seen. He can adopt an incorporeal form and render himself invisible at will[/size][/font][/color][i]wherever[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] and [/size][/font][/color][i]whenever[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] he does not wish to be perceived by people. The man who was encountered in that village was most likely the very [/size][/font][/color][b]SAME[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] Aswatthama described in the [/size][/font][/color][i]Mahabharata[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2]. If this is indeed the case, then he is[/size][/font][/color][i]living[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] [/size][/font][/color][b]PROOF[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] that the [/size][/font][/color][i]Mahabharata[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] is not simply a mere mythological story but an actual [/size][/font][/color][b]HISTORICAL[/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] document. Aswatthama may be a testament to the [/size][/font][/color][i]Mahabharata[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] being a book that recorded [/size][/font][/color][i]actual[/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=2] historical events.[/size][/font][/color]

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