Time (KAAL)

When the creation came into existence and when it will collapse? these questions are very genuine and most of the time are UNANSWERED. To know the answer of these questions first of all we have to understand the time or what we say Kala .

A genius space scientist of modern time Mr.Stephen hawkings had written a book on this topic "The brief history of time" according to him the creation and the time shares same birth or we can say they both were started or came into existence in the same moment when the reason for creation of universe i.e. The big bang (mahavisphot) took place and after the big bang the matter starts to turn into manifested form from unmanifested form. and with the moment of manifestation (creation) the time was created. so.. the time will collapse when the creation will again turn into unmanifested form or in the other words we can say the time will be there till end of entire creation. and by this only the journey of time and creation is continued.

In Indian culture vedas and some saints and sages defined the time as " kalayati sarvani bhootani" which eats all the universe and all the creation .and they also said that its is not like that the matter only once turn into unmanifested to manifested  form and thats all. there is a big cycle of it it is a eternal process which does not have any starting point or ending point .






MEASURES OF TIME ACCORDING TO VEDAS

The smallest part of time is atom and the greatest part is stated as 'braham ayu' the age of  Brahma.
Shuk muni i.e. sage shuka elaborates the measures of time-


2 paramanu(atom/ attoseconds)   =  1anu (molecule)
3 anu                      =   1trasrenu
3 trasrenu               =   1 truti
100 truti                 =  1 vedh
3 vedh                   = 1 luv
3 luv                      =  1 nimesh
3 nimesh                =  1 kshan
5 kshan                 =   kashtha
15 kashtha             =  1 laghu
15 laghu                 =  1 nadika
2 nadika                 =  1 muhurat
30 muhurat              =  1 day and night(ahroatram)
7 day and night        =  1 saptah
2 saptah                  =  1 paksh
2 paksh                  =   1 maas
2 maas                   =   1 ritu
3 ritu                      =   1 ayan
2 ayan                    =  1 varsh



According to sage shuka's measures of time, 1 day and night is equal to 3280500000 attoseconds and is equal to 86400 seconds also. That means lowest measure of time is 1 attosecond (parmanu kaal) and it  is equal to =  37968.75th part of a second.



                These measures are for general counting of time. But if we talk about the age of the universe (brahmana), for measuring the changes occurring in the universe we need  some greater measuring values..
so.. now the measures of YUGA-

kaliyuga = 432000 years
2 kaliyuga = 1 dwaparyuga i.e. - 864000 years
3 kaliyuga = 1 tretayuga      i.e-  1296000 years
4 kaliyuga  = 1 satyuga       i.e - 1728000 years


All four yugas = 1 chaturygi  - 4320000 years

71 chaturyugi = 1 manvantar -  306720000 years

14 manvantar and (+) 15 Satyugas of sandhyansh = to 1 kalp  i.e = 4320000000 years

1 kalpa is equal to 1 day of brahma and 1 kalpa for his night i.e 2 kalpa for 1 whole day of  brahma.

The age of the  lord Brahma is 100 years like this kalpa system. and when one brahama dies after 100 brahmyears , this is equal to 1 nimesh of lord Vishnu ( The time of our eye blink is equal to 1 nimesh) , And after vishnu , The (Time) Kaal of  Rudra (SHIV) begins, who is KAALROOP and ETERNAL  himself/itself, That  is why it has been said that The Time is Eternal .

The Only Lord SHIVA temple built by an Britishman

The British ruled India for hundreds of years, and built many churches and cathedrals. But in the 1880s, a Shiva temple in Agar Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, was rebuilt by Lt Col Martin — the only temple ever made by an Englishman in India.

Col Martin was in the Afghan wars. He used to regularly write to his wife, informing her of conditions there. It was a long war, and gradually the colonel’s letters stopped. Mrs Martin, who then lived in the cantonment of Agar Malwa, was besides herself with grief, fearing the worst

She would spend time riding for hours to calm herself. One day she rode her horse, past the temple of  Baba Baijnath Mahadev. It was in a decrepit state. It was the time of arti, and the sound of conches and the chanting of mantras compelled her to stop. She went inside to see the worship of Lord Shiva taking place.

 The priests (pujari)  saw the grief on her face and asked her what was wrong. Mrs Martin narrated her sad story. The Brahmins told her that Lord Shiva listens to sincere prayers of all devotees and saves them from difficult situations. She was advised by one of the priests to start chanting the mantra: “Om Namah Shivaya” for 11 days(this is also known as laghurudri anushthan). The Englishwoman prayed to Lord Shiva for the colonel’s safe return, promising she would rebuild(renovate) the temple if he came home safe from the war. On the 10th day, a messenger of British army  arrived from Afghanistan with a letter from her husband. It read, 

“I was regularly sending you letters from the battlefield but then suddenly the Pathans surrounded us. I thought there was no way of escape. Suddenly I saw an Indian yogi with long hair, wearing a tiger skin carrying a trident. He had an awe-inspiring personality and he started wielding his weapon against the Afghans who ran away from the field in fright. With his grace what was certain death our bad times turned into victory. Then the great yogi told me that I should not worry and that he had come to rescue me because he was very pleased with my wife’s prayers.”

Tears of joy and gratitude welled up in Mrs Martin’s eyes as she read the letter. Her heart was overwhelmed. She fell at the feet of Lord Shiva’s idol and sobbed. After a few weeks Lt Col Martin returned and his wife told him her story. The couple became devotees of Lord Shiva. In 1883, they donated Rs 15,000 to renovate the temple. This information is engraved on a slab kept in the Baijnath Mahadev Temple.

The Martins sailed for England with the firm resolution that they would make a Shiva temple at their home and pray to him till the end of life. And they did.

 Agar is now 51st district of Madhya pradesh. any one can visit the temple any time :)
har har Mahadev