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We came across two street puppies today with severely infected bite wounds. They live a few streets down from us, so their mother knows us and trusts us to take them away for treatment. After cleaning and giving medicine, about 15 minutes later we brought them back to their mother. We will do this each day, till hopefully the wounds heal.
The following is from Parvati Mangala of Goswami Tulsidas, and describes Lord Shiva’s marriage procession.
Verse 106 lists three types of beings in the procession: Preta, Vetala, and Bhuta. You will find more expanded lists in other places that contain more varieties of ghostly beings. This collection of beings are “pramathas”, or tormentors, and Lord Shiva is Pramatha Natha.
I want to make one last post on Kasturi to talk about the possibility of Kasturi having originally been a plant based fragrance. There is a kasturi deer, and there is also a kasturi plant (known as ambrette or musk mallow). This kasturi plant, and its seeds, called as kasturi beeja, have been in use for thousands of years in Ayurveda and in attar making. Coincidentally both produce the exact same fragrance, with the main difference being the deer kasturi has an added repulsive fecal scent which is unpleasant to humans.
Following up on the post where we touched on the topic of Kasturi (musk), one of the five famous fragrances often mentioned in the scriptures, alongside sandalwood (chandana), agarwood (aguru), saffron (kunkuma) and camphor (karpura), here we will demystify the fragrance for those who have never smelt it.
Continuing from the theme of yesterday’s post on Ambergris, let us talk about another fragrant secretion used traditionally in some temples called as “civet oil” (also called as punugu in South India).
Humans will touch filthy things if they think they are valuable. Ambergris passes through the intestines and is expelled as feces, yet people hold it freely with their hands because they think its valuable.
The following story has been a very long journey, over 8 months of struggle and healing, inch by inch, day by day. It began in the most shocking manner, but now that the mother dog has healed and is living happily, we can look back and tell the tale of another animal’s miraculous recovery.
Last week, after 7 months of being isolated and recovering from lumpy skin disease, Balarama the baby bull calf moved in with the other bulls in our goshala. Here is a short video of his first day meeting the other bulls. He has since settled in and made many friends among them.
A short video of Vamana the bull using the scratching pole to scratch an itch.
One devotee has sent us horse gram (kulthi) to feed the bulls on Tuesdays. I believe this is a jyotisha remedy to pacify Mars. I am not an astrologer, but I think the bulls agree with this. Below is a short video of the bulls eating horse gram.
