Sri Krishna once performed Ashvamedha Yagna at
Dwaraka and himself was the Dikshita (Ordinator). When the Yagna was on a Brahmin
came there crying. Arjuna who was also present there asked him the reason for the
tears. Brahmin told him that his wife is about to deliver their tenth child and
was in labour pain. He wanted someone to save his child as all the nine
children born earlier had vanished in thin air the moment they came to this
world. Arjuna volunteered to rescue his child. The Brahmin insisted Sri Krishna
to intervene, but Sri Krishna was in the midst of the Yagna.
Arjuna assured the Brahmin that he will rescue the
child and if he failed to do so, he will jump into the burning pyre. Unwillingly
the Brahmin agreed and together they both went to the Brahmin’s house. Arjuna encircled the place with his mighty arrows and stood at the
entrance guarding it. However, the child vanished in thin air as soon as it was
born.
Brahmin was very upset with Arjuna for not letting him get the help of Sri Krishna. Arjuna promised to get the child back and went in search to
Yamaloka, Indraloka, Agniloka, Adhityaloka, Chandraloka, Vayuloka, Kuberaloka,
Varunaloka and Prajapatiloka but did not find the child. He returned back and
as told he decided to jump into the fire.
Sri Krishna came to know about this and rushed to
stop Arjuna from taking the extreme step. He took Arjuna in a huge chariot and
drove towards north-west direction crossing the seven seas. He entered the
Ghanodaka region and further rode the chariot till He reached His original
abode, Anantasana. Sri Krishna entered in asking Arjuna to remain outside. He
brought the ten children of Brahmin who happened to be the attendees of Maha Vishnu and
due to some curse had been born in Bhuloka as the children of that Brahmin. Sri
Krishna and Arjuna returned back to Dwaraka and handed over the children to Brahmin.
This is an incidence is recorded in Srimad Bhagavatam
by Vyasadeva. After this incident Arjuna requested Sri Krishna to enlighten him
about the worlds they went pass while going towards Anantasana. Sri Krishna
explains Arjuna all the lokas. Now, what interested me is the mention of
Ghanodaka region here.
When I was a kid I had heard about Sri Varahaswamy
protecting the modesty of Bhudevi (Mother Earth). Hiranyaksha (Golden Eyed), the Rakshasa (Demon) had kidnapped Mother Earth and dumped her in an “Ocean.” Which ocean was it??? It
could definitely not be an ocean which is on the Earth that the demon was carrying.
Could it be ocean in any other planet??? No, as the search for water in other
planets is yet to fructify. Then in which place did Hiranyaksha hide Mother
Earth???
Here the incidence of Brahmin from Srimad Bhagavata
provides answer. It says that when Sri Krishna was passing the “Ghanodaka”
(Nether Ocean) region which was Ghana (Solidified) Udaka (Water) his chariot
had to cut through dark. Darkness is not matter, it is absence of light as we
all know. But in Srimad Bhagavata Vyasadeva mentions that the wheels of the
chariot had to cut through the “Dark”, was it matter then??? This Ghanodaka was the place where Hiranyaksha had placed Mother Earth.
Roughly 80 % of the mass of the Universe is made up
of material that scientists cannot directly see. Dark matter is not
darkness as it does participate in gravitation. It is not visible but its
effects likes distortion and bending of light is felt. Ghanodaka is the “Dark
Matter” that science is curious now. So, Sri Krishna took Arjuna on a trip to
“Dark Matter” and beyond that to his Eternal Abode called Anantasana (Anantasana
is one among the Tridhamas where Maha Vishnu stays, other two being
Shwetadweepa and Vaikunta).
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