🌕Guru Purnima - गुरू पूर्णिमा

Guru Purnima is also known as Vyas Purnima. It is the birth anniversary of Maharishi Vyasdev, the commentator of Vedas, Vedanta, Gita and Upanishads and the originator of the epic era, Mahabharata, Ashtadesh Purana, Shrimad Bhagwat, Brahma Sutra, Mimansa etc. He is also the originator of Vedanta philosophy and Advaita. According to the Puranas, the 28 sages who collected and divided the Vedas, born at different times in each era, are known as Vedavyas.

❀ These are said to be incarnations of Brahma or Vishnu.
❀ In the first Dwapara Yuga, Brahma himself is known as Vedavyasa, in the second Dwapara as Prajapati or Manu, in the third Dwapara as Shukracharya, and in the fourth Dwapara as Brihaspati Vedabhasya.

Swayambhuba, Ushana, Sabita, Mati or Yama, Indra, Varashta, Saraswat, Tridham, Rishabha or Tribrush, Suteja or Bharadwaja, Antriksha or Dharma, Bpuvana or Suchakshu, Trayyaruni, Dhananjaya, Krtanajaya, Rutanjaya, Bharadwaja, Gautama, Bekli or Haryatma, Bachasrava or Narayana or Bena, Somukhyayana or Trinabindu, Ruksha or Valmiki, Shakti, Parashara, Jatukarna and Krishna are depicted in the roles of Dvaipayana Vedavyas.

❀ Maharishi Vyasa was the son of Queen Satyavati (Matsyagandha) of Hatinapur and sage Parasha. He was born on Krishna Island in the Ganges River.
❀ He is called Veda Vyasa because he divided the huge Vedas into four parts (Vyasa) namely Rukveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda.
❀ He composed the Mahabharata under his instructions and based on his knowledge of the text. After birth, he went to Dvaipayana Deep for penance.
❀ Since he was born Krishna or black in color, he also had another name, Krishna Dvaipayana. Vedavyas was the husband of Aruni and the father of Shukadev.
❀ He was also the great-grandfather of the Kauravas and Pandavas.
❀ Vedavyas was a seer of the three ages. He would give timely advice to his mother Satyavati or discuss matters with her regarding the future and various problems of Hatinapur. In the tradition of the Gurus, the Gurus show their disciples the light of knowledge from the darkness.

That is why it is said in the scriptures
“The one who removes the darkness from the darkness is the one who removes the darkness from the darkness”.

‘Gu’ means darkness and ‘Ru’ means fool. That is, the Guru frees the fool from the darkness and shows light. The Guru is not an ordinary person. In the sense of Guru, he is the Great One. Therefore, the Guru is rightly compared to Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara.

For Vyasa, this is said in a different language:
“Vyasay Vishnu Rupay, Vyas Rupay Vishnube.
Namo bai Brahma vidhaye vasistaya namonamah.
Achyutarbada Brahma dvirbaharu then Hari.
Aval lochacanah shambhu bhagwan badrayanah”.

In this order, the mother who gives birth is the first Guru, the father is the second Guru and the teacher is the third Guru. Gurus are the guides and regulators of our lives. The teachings, initiation and their ideals from the Gurus are reflected in the lives of the disciples. Through his creation, Lord Vyasa has taught mankind a great lesson for ages.