Asura ≠ Demon | Sanskrit Non-Translatables
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Demon is very commonly used to translate the Sanskrit word ‘asura’. Demon is considered in the biblical tradition as the personification of evil. Demons are the ones who support all that is sinful and vile in this world and cause all its sufferings. Hinduism does not have concepts like demon, devil or Satan. Asura is used to denote someone who takes pleasure only in enjoying the materialistic life. Although asuras generally possess many vices, this is not an inviolable rule and there are instances where even an asura has displayed extraordinary virtues. In this video Babaji and Rajiv take a close look at the concept of ‘asura’ in Hinduism. This will help us to recognize the differences between ‘asura’ and ‘demon’.
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This is excellent . Thank you. I really appreciate your series on these non-translables . it is a movement of Imperialism that coined words from the Imperialist culture to superimpose onto the culture they wished to dominate.
This is very, very good that you are revealing this, and correcting the wrong. Thank you, Rajivji.
Asura is a state of being.
Someone with certain characteristics or traits are considered as Asura.
Such characteristic can be:
1) Doing things which are not supposed to be done
2) Doing it at a time or place which is prohibited
Agree because an asura can be transformed into deva.
It's like me😂😂😂
If the father is the same, they are not cousins, they are half siblings. Otherwise Rama and Lakshmana would be cousins.
What about their children 50 generation down the line ? I believe the guruji was taking about them.
@@CuriousSeeker09 bali is indra's brother's grandchild
So Indra to bali is like bhishma to pandavas
_Lets be honest with ourselves, we all are mostly Ashuras in our way of life._
Shri Babaji explained such profound concepts with such ease. I appreciate his knowledge and thank Shri Rajeev for making his knowledge accessible to us
In 15th Chapter, the Blessed Lord said - manah shashthani indrayani prakriti sthani karshati
In Advaita also we say, God has become this world and everyone
In Ramayana also it is said, that without his will a leaf also doesn't move
So, these Sura, Asura are both expressions of the Supreme Blessed Lord
So, is Rajiv Ji, so are you, So am I. Soham asmi. So am I.
A child whose mother as well as father both were brahmins, even then he is known to be a daitya=asura. Should i understand that our scriptures emphasised varnashram system based not on his birth but something else including on one's karmas.
Bhagvan Krishna says in Bjagavad Gita, "Chatur varnam maya srushtam guna karma vibhagashcha." So guna and karma decide varna
Obviously. You didn't know of this till now?
No daityas is a clan they are sons of kasyapa 100% all of them
If a brahmin has a daitya it means either his wife is a daitya or the son was daitya in previous life
श्री राजीव मल्होत्रा एवं सह-प्रबुद्धजन को सादर प्रणाम,
🇮🇳🇮🇳देव दीपावली की हार्दिक शुभकामनायें!!🇮🇳🇮🇳
Bhai, waah YOLO. Adhbut. Swami ji knows both modern suras and asuras.
Swami ji ko bhai kyu bol raha hai be.
@@archockencanto1645 all Indians are my brothers and sisters hahaahah!!!
Understand bro/sis
@@amongussus4 don't marry any one then .😂😂
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2:12 "so they are cousins..." this statement is incorrect. Father of both the Asura and Deva's is Kashyap Muni, they have the same father, so they are Half Brothers. They are also cousins if you see ONLY the maternal side, however, as they have the same Father they are actually half brothers. Excellent interview & have great respect for you work.
where did you find this info?
Well said. They are half brothers, not cousins.
@@movies_daily4 please see the definition of cousin and half brother in a dictionary
The YOLO part was brilliant 😅. Rajiv ji was taken aback for a moment. Overall, wonderful explanations and extremely intellectual and knowledgable series.
ज्ञान वर्धक चर्चा ।
आप दोनों महात्माओं को सादर प्रणाम ।
Insightful....sometimes even as an ardent hindu , we aren't aware of such precious knowledge .Thx for sharing.
Which one ??
I guess we all can be called Asuras in this modern world.
You are a gem to society
Read the book and understood the mistranslated meaning also the corrected meaning. Thankyou shri Satyanarayana dasa babaji and shri rajiv Malhotra.
The depth of my ancestors and my kin. Preeminent!
It’s beautiful as whole story teaches to reflect within and not without, showing we are the one who create good or bad. the demonic representation seems to be the spiritual description of ones own qualities hence you start searching the wrong within. Vedic knowledge is empowering and self reflective for the listener. Empowering: as it teaches you not to fear world out but to fear of own wrong qualities and better them.
These are really helpful Rajiv ji.....
Amazing explanation and discussion... #HareKrishna
Yolo as opposite of yagna 😂 babaji has a great sense of humor
In Vedic period, Asura is used extensively a way to describe a powerful being.
Asu+ra means one who posesses power. Indeed many Vedic deities and words have this stucture:
Indra = Ind+ra
Rudra = Rud+ra
Vrtra = Vrt+ra
etc...
Asura is used as an adjective meaning "powerful" or "mighty". In the Rigveda, two generous kings, as well as some priests, have been described as asuras. One hymn requests a son who is an asura. In nine hymns, Indra is described as asura. Five times, he is said to possess asurya, and once he is said to possess asuratva. Agni has total of 12 asura descriptions, Varuna has 10, Mitra has eight, and Rudra has six. Bhargava gives a count of the word usage for every Vedic deity. The Book 1 of Rig Veda describes Savitr (Vedic solar deity) as an Asura who is a "kind leader".[9]
हिरण्यहस्तो असुरः सुनीथः सुमृळीकः स्ववाँ यात्वर्वाङ् ।
अपसेधन्रक्षसो यातुधानानस्थाद्देवः प्रतिदोषं गृणानः ॥१०॥[10]
May he, gold-handed Asura, kind leader, come hither to us with his help and favour.
Driving off Raksasas and Yatudhanas, [he] the god is present, praised in hymns at evening.
- Translated by Ralph Griffith[9]
The golden-handed lord of good guidance, of good grace, of good help-let him drive in our direction.
Repelling demons and sorcerers, the god has taken his place facing evening, while being hymned.
- Translated by Stephanie W. Jamison, Joel P. Brereton[11]}}
- Rigveda 1.35.10
In later Vedic period, Asuras take on a negative connotation and become associated with those powerful phenomena who do not serve man (unlike Devas who exist to serve mankind). Since they are considered powerful and not inherently for the welfare of mankind, they misuse their power and are ultimately considered "adharmic" in a cosmological sense. This evolves further and they successively take on the quality of adharmic acts, as otherwise they would be Devas.
Originally Asuras were NOT a clan. You can see clearly Varuna and other "Asuras" in the Rig Veda becomming Devas. This was a description of them being powerful, and then becoming benevolent.
@Shrideep Paul it's like two political parties competing for the seat of swarga; for posts like Indra, Agni, Vayu etc..
So Indra isn't a single person ; it's a title , either deva or asura can hold the posts in swargalok.
Intresting fact is that - After the vedic tribes got split , the Indian vedic people favoured devas and asuras were associated with bad;
whereas Iranian vedic people favoured Ahuras(asuras) and daeva( deva) were the bad people.
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राजीव जी, हमें आप पर गर्व है। मुझे आपसे बहोत प्रेरणा मिली। 🙏
जय श्री राम जय हिन्द वन्देमातरम जय मां भारती 🇮🇳🔱🚩🕉️
Demons are always evils but a Asur cannot always be evil
धन्यवाद् श्री राजीव मल्होत्रा जी और श्री सत्य नारायणदास बाबाजी 🙏
I think a better translation would be Titan. A lot of Hindu myths share roots with Greco-Roman myths, and similar stories exist. Gods battle the Titans for supremacy. There are other similarities, for instance Varuna is described as an Asura in sections of the Rg Veda, while Uranus (Kronos) is his counterpart who is a Titan
Story which is being told at 5:10 is in chandogya Upanishad adhyay 8 khand 7 and 8
Sir make a video with J Sai ,one legend with other aspiring one.🔥🔥🔥
True, In one of your own talk Shri Rajiv ji, u gave an example of "Good Products" where the name can be a Proper noun or an adjective depending upon the context
Good discussion.
Two points worth considering.
1. Pravritti as genetic imprint and hence the 'possiblity' of real flesh and blood bloodlines.
2. While most devi-devata-asura 'stories' are clearly complex codes, containing the keys to understanding how this universe actually functions both at the cosmic level and at the material level, at the wave level and at the particle level. The pure experience of it or grasping it through symbolic level thinking/action is what frees one from the 'entanglements' or rather makes you aware of the nature of the 'weave''. If the relationship between the Pind and Brahmand is mathematical (or should it be vaigyanika?), from Parmatma to the paramanu there is a wave and particle continuum. So much of the seemingly symbolic is 'expression' from the vaigyanika perspective but doesn't it therefore find 'material' expression. This is tantra gyaan, no?
Understanding or 'seeing' this fabric of Bramha's dreams unfolding as both energy/vibration patterns and as material manifestations on the lower side of the frequency.
Once you 'see' then the question is what do you do with your will? The asuras will use this knowledge to project/impact/mess up their I/Me onto the world around in order to seek validity of their power. Out of tune (sur) in a way. Deep rooted propensity for projecting chaos and blood-shed ( literalism, muladhara-struck, with a fondness for blood come with the package) on to the world since it is a constant physical proof of this power. A mind trapped in its own play, disconnected from atma. Therefore no concern with the main game, the atma-brahma relationship. Therefore no true understanding of the cause-consequence. Therefore the permanent other, the ones they have to feed upon to survive and flourish. It is the Asura who seeking 'trans-humanism' basically 'super-human'. Or do they mean 'trance-human' and hide it? Word-play is magic when it is mind-play, both ways. The shitty part is that this is a play that is going on right now as it has been for 100s of years. Deception and prana-stealing has to be understood properly to understand what happened to the Hindus (the global spread of the tribes and not just Bharatwasis) at the psychic and the physical levels.
The occult becomes dark when the muladhara-struck mind not only indulges in power-play through words, sounds, images...violence. But it is deadly when it multiplies itself by employing means and methods of pravritti transmission, prana-harvesting and genetic interferences.
Very enlightening. Thanks for this video!
Thank you sir!
I listen to u apart from my studies, and I'll propagate this knowledge to my friends too.
Sir plz do a video on Dharma is not Religion
0:41 Lord Shiva is not part of the samudra manthan that photo has this mistake. Shiva consumed all the venom of the anant shesha (serpent god)
3:00 Shri Ram came after Narasimha avtar then how is Prahalad chanting name of ram he should be chanting Narayan or Hari
Well explained by guru ji. More understanding of the asura n sura behaviours. Good differentiation between yagna n yolo
Wonderful discussion.
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So people following YOLO philosophy are actually modern asurs?
I always found YOLO
Shallow
Well said swami ji.
It was mentioned that; the asura practice their own form of yajna which challenges the orthodox. I find this very interesting. Sounds like the asura are being demonised for refusing to engage with early tax system imposed upon earth by non-terrestrial interests. Also noted the wise babaji spoke more sympathetically about the rakshasa. I wander wot the asura of today look like when compared to the rakshasa
Sir, you are doing really good. I am your admirers forever. Please keep it up.
Bhagvan Krishna says in Bjagavad Gita, "Chatur varnam maya srushtam guna karma vibhagashcha." Guna and karma decide varna
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very informative thank you very much for sharing with us🙏🙏🙏
Jawahar lal nehru, qualifies ASURA qualities....Just wanted to make it more clear for audiences..
Even SG and RG
It's an insult to ASURAS , asuras were good even gods like Agni, Mitra belonged to Asuras.
It should be Rakshasa
So pertinent🙏
Please do such videos so that we know such small small meaning of words to know our culture ....
Thanks Infinity Foundation
Bhagavad Gita is timeless.
What quality does Indra poses to be considered as Devata? Most of the time he is found with Apsaras, material pleasure, randomly giving birth to so many .... Did his portrayal change overtime?? 🤔
Satvik yajantha: deva
Rajasik pray to yakshha,Rakshasa
Tamasa pray to Bhoothan prethan and etc...
Nice explanations
Wait a second, do I see Lord Shiva assisting in samudra mathana 40 seconds into the video? If so, how come he didn't get a fair share of Amrita? If you folks are Vaishnavas, I understand your prejudice against Shiva, but an accurate representation of the Puranas is important and you shouldn't resort to such passive aggression. At least you show Shiva on the side of Suras, for which, I guess, Shaivites should be grateful.
Don't the Suras also indulge in enjoying materialistic pleasures sometimes..like enjoying the luxuries of Svarga, dancing of apsaraas, drinking ?
Great information thanks
Great work 🙏
Sir kindly explain Surapana
Excelent explanation
Sir आपके वीडियो के हिंदी अनुवाद उपलब्ध करवाए ।बहुत लोगो का भला होगा।
They haven't told us the real stories of asura .
People Google Ashura and you will see that Ashura were supreme god in the Mesopotamia times
Great
For some reason this video is not getting shared with proper caption and pic like other you tube videos
In our kundali we have gan: Deva and Rakshasa....is it similar to Deva and Asura...I found diss similarities in both ppl.
Are ASURA and AHURA MAZDA related?
Finally understood #YOLO...😅😂
NAMASKARAM 🙏
As is the general stand of Hindus class and distinction should be on quality and nature. Thus Aasurisampathi given in ch 16 of Geetaji should be referred to identify Asuras though most of Ditis' children are asuras.
Devas are right brain, logical, systematic and universal ,masculine
Asuras are left brain , emotional, materialistic , feminine
Yagna is connecting our athmic energy to parabrhmam
One way of yagna is meditation, our mind is vast as ocean like (paar Kadal), our thoughts can't stand like manthara malai, upon meditation mind gets slowed down like tortoise , and thought (manthara malai) gets seated, thoughts are churned between logical( devas and asuras)
First we become body( maha Lakshmi or prakruthi) conscious
Then we become kaamadenu (soul) concious
Then we become breath concious ( sastha )
The we become 7 chakra concious ( Saptha kanni)
Then our kundalini raises and reaches our Shasta chakra,
Once it opens you are enlightened ( nector) and get connected to parabrhmam.
So asuras are emotions present in every human being
Take mahisa asura, its dullness like buffalo (mahisaa) asura. With iccha sakthi ( will power), crea sakthi ( creativity) , gnana sakthi ( experience) we can fight over our laziness, habits etc this what the story explains
So asuras are not some races
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What is rakshasa..,.?🙏
Raka means Moon or night. So, Rakshasa means the one who lurks in night.
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For all we know, the notion of an eternal existence of one's consciousness beyond the body could be wishy washy!. One not being their body is why one eats which enables them to continue to say they are not their body!.
Danavas sons of diti are not bad people as depicted. Danavas and Devas are just opposite to each other.
Rajivji can you please do dharma not same as duty
What is the difference between a Daitta and a Asura
Asur= Life force
from what source?
Plz translate all video in hindi..
Plz
Only prahalad can be stated as SURA even though Bali did yajan he was still ASUR. Because Bali wanted the whole earth for his own clan & finish all MANUSA (human being).
Old VARN system was different, only the person who studied the ved was allowed to have his surname accordingly, his sons were not allowed to have the same last name like his father if he don’t accomplish what his father did, for this you must study the real version of MANU SMRITI
Abrahamic god is an Asura.
It seems with Sura being lesser known as an early identification for deva-aligned Brahmana, the meaning of Asura seems to have been lost over time. I'm thankful that you brought "Sura" to light in the context of explaining Asura. I also think it funny, but very appropriate, that you used YOLO to define the nature of Asura.
As you explain it as those who disrupt yajna, would Visvamitra, while a kshatriya and while he practiced austerities too, have been considered an Asura, or asuric by nature? He went on to create mantras, but his penance was self-interested, as he hoped to gain power and favor to one day take vengeance against Vasistha.
This is unrelated, but I am curious about Vedamaya nau ( वेदमय नौ ) with nau meaning boat. Nau sounds a lot like Noah, as in Noah's Ark of the Abrahamic religions and the legend of Noah matches the flood story of the Matsya Purana. I wonder if the Noah's Ark legend originated with the story of Manu and Matsya. Have you any knowledge of an etymological connection between Sanskrit nau and Hebrew Noah (נוֹחַ)? Also, what is meant by the imagery of the Vedamaya nau ( वेदमय नौ )? My curiosity grew out of a footnote in the Mahabharata stating "Vedamayi nou. Lit, a boat made of the Vedas". My best guess is that it means the Vedas provide salvation, or rescues one from being overwhelmed.
Quoted from Wikipedia:
Noah is a given name and surname most likely derived from the Biblical figure Noah (נוֹחַ) in Hebrew. It is most likely of Babylonian origin from the word "nukhu" meaning repose or rest, which is possible in view of the Sumerian/Babylonian source of the flood story. Another explanation says that it is derived from the Hebrew root meaning "to comfort" (nahum) with the final consonant dropped.[1]
Sanskrit:
नौकाf. naukā = ark [ship]
There are multiple Flood related stories in different cultures, because there was huge sea level rise when glaciers melted 16000 years and 12000 years ago.
So, different cultures remembered is via different oral traditions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth
Also, for timelines:
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It's definitely related. There were Indra worshiping Indo Aryan kingdoms in Anatolia at one point in time. The subcontinent is the most fertile region of the world. Population churn towards both west and east have happened over multiple waves definitely. The war cry of the crusaders was "Deus Vault" - Deus comes from a very ancient pre vedic language definitely as sanskrit has the worlds devas(sargun deities) and divas(day-something that shines brightly). So, do the words zeus(Deus) and Jupiter(Deus + pitr(father)) :))
Vedas means knowledge/science. vedamayi nou means a ship which is blend with science (advanced technology ship) using which pair of all the creatures of earth were saved by flood for repopulation
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I am surprised that Guruji knows about Yolo.
ASURA AND DEVA IS SAME CLAN AND STILL THE CLAN ALIVE IN SOUTH INDIA
Asura = Ausar = Osiris.
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Asura literally means Anti or "opposing" Suras or Zora; in Slovene means "Light" or "Dawn", in sanskrit as Surya...so A'Surya; Asura. Later Egyptian "Asar" or "Osiris"; the origins of the Monotheism are in Asurism or Osirianism... via "Moses" and his patreon, "pharaoh" Akhenaton who revitalized this cult of Asuras...from which later derives so called Judeochristianity... which is the backbone of Abrahamic or Anti Brahmanic (Osirian) cults, which oppose Devas... Rephaim also derives from Ravana... So does Sara or SARAswati, wife of Brahma = Sara, wife of A'brahm or A'Bram (Anti Brahma)... Our slovene prechristian old believers called demons as Ašure. Those were for example manifested in old roots which were "rubbed", cut or shaped by the water or the water stream. These roots or wooden parts were generally cut through rocks which were in the stream... And people were burning "ašure". The priest called Dehnar (a local priest, highest priest was called Vedun; from "Veda"; Veda meas "knowledge in Slovene or "abstract science", "prediction") took stones which looked like snake heads and blessed it and it became some kind of a shrine... they generally put crystals or glass into sockets which looked like eyes on stones...
Yagna > Y.O.L.O
Hahah.
No, the people against yajna are known as rakshak
Demons may be asurai
Asuras are not demons 😀
No fallen angel is a good being but Asuras like Prahalad, king Bali , Vibhisan are Good Beings
Why is Indra Deva? He is one of the most materialistic and egoistic.
No. Indra is God of God's. He is the ruler of indriyas. Modern scholars and bullshit TV serials gave a wrong narration to indra.
Indra came from the word indriya (Senses) ...Controller of senses...
#YOLO
3:58 How Gandhi name used by a family, does not mean that they have Gandhi's character
Sry , is yolo really a sanskrit tearm or was he just joking
anti-yagna === tantra siddhi (a meta physical approach via psyche)
Also vanar is not equal to monkey
असुर / असिर
Asur were probably Assyrians of Mesopotamia who were migrated to near east.
OR could it be the Asuras migrated from the East to Mesopotamia and became the Assyrians...
Correct!
@@jitennandha186 what I meant to say is, asirs / asurs were vedic aryans in early IVC time. Later they forced to vacate Aryavart .... This asirs formed Assyria in Mesopotamia around 2500 BC.
Asuras and Devas both were not from Earth.
No. Danavas and Devas both were from India. Entire west Asia and Arabia worshipped lord Shiva and guru shukracharya before the birth of Islm.