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Virocana

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By Swami Harshananda

Virocana as per Chāndogya Upaniṣad[edit]

According to the Chāndogya Upaniṣad,[1] Virocana was the king of the Asuras[2] who went to the teacher Prajāpati to get the knowledge of ātman.[3] He, with his limited intellect, understood that the physical body itself was the ātman and propagated the same to his flock. Consequently, the asuras became gross materialists.

Virocana as per Mahābhārata[edit]

As per the Mahābhārata,[4] Virocana was the son of Prahlāda and father of Bali. Once he had a dispute with a brāhmaṇa sage Sudhanva about the relative superiority of a brāhmaṇa and a kṣattriya, but lost it.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.7
  2. ↑ Asuras are the antigods or demons
  3. ↑ Ātman means the Self.
  4. ↑ Udyogaparva 35
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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