@TheLittleNaruto but in the book it says that Arjuna requested sree kirshna to be on his side .On that day's dinner sreekrishna declared himself as Arjuna's sarathi
By the way, is there a way to ping everyone who is in chat right now? For example Discord has @ here for that (I added a space just in case it works here too)
Lightnings, rains are under Varuna. Indra is god of powers and king of devatas. If king orders, others will follow. So, indirectly it is Indra but the deity is Varuna.
@Akash.B No, according to phenomenal logic, there is no evidence for a god. It doesn't mean there is not one. It just means we cannot say one way or another by using the rules of phenomenology
@RubelliteYakṣī The deity of rain in the Vedas is Parjanya. He is one of the adityas. Varuna is also one of the adityas. In the puranas it is said that Lord sun takes up 12 forms of adityas in each month. As a form of Parjanya, he showers rain. Varuna is also identified as rain god. The relation is due to their brotherhood and being adityas.
@NogShine Parjanya is like "blessed rain," right? I mean, rain which is good for the fertility of the land. This is different from the storms (Indra, Maryuts), yes?
@NogShine Yes , it will go well , but instead of everyone talking at the same time , we can listen to each and every individual users opinions and then ask him doubts about that. Then only it will be a true discussion , unlike previous events where evryone was talking simultaniousely .
@NogShine No what i am saying that we can allot some time to individual user and all simultaneously will be listening to his suggestions . In between no other user will chat , and after that we can ask him questions about that later on ,after event.
@NogShine excellent suggestions can be voted by giving Stars 😀
@SwiftPushkar Giving individual time to a user is not possible within time limit. We can follow if three are talking once. Some people will ask and give ideas. Others will also give their opinions. Stars can be used for excellent messages but that should not be done for every message.
@TheLittleNaruto Lets give that a try , we can extend the event also if good participation is there , no need to restrict it just for one day , as its the core issue. :-)
@SwiftPushkar "Alcohol and drugs are known to induce Rajas & Tamas Guna and hence are to be avoided if one seeks Sattvik qualities." This cannot be true for all substances as soma was an intoxicant
@Pandya I don't know how i misunderstood the question . I simply read "from "Mahabharat instead of "OF" , and started to write answer , but got the mistake in time. 😀
@RubelliteYakṣī Mention and sanction are almost some. When we find mention of them, we obviously say if they are allowed or not. The OP obviously wants to know the sanction too.
@RubelliteYakṣī Yes , but if they are allowed , that means there is mentioning of that , so both posts come to single point at last. — SwiftPushkar2 mins ago
@RubelliteYakṣī Haha we don't have the mechanism to identify each and every intoxicant type separately , so for the sake of easiness , the word intoxicants covers all forms , otherwise there will be hundreds of similar questions uses will ask 😀
One problem I find with "vote to close" is that votes not to close do not count for anything. That is, it is impossible to vote for keeping something. You can only vote to remove or ignore :/ It means it is very easy to close anything
@RubelliteYakṣī Again, if the question is not clear, you should not vote to leave open. You should ask what the OP wanted to know. It is clear for us that he is asking about it.
@SwiftPushkar Look at it this way. If someone Google's "What does Hinduism say about marijuana?" then the question you linked will never come up in the search results. Thus, closing the question about a specific thing makes the answers harder to find for those seeking answers.
Remember, SE doesn't just exist to help members of SE, but also people who are just curious and searching through any search engine
@NogShine Leave open, though, does not effect its chances of staying open. It might as well be "close" or "ignore"
@NogShine If something is not clear, one should ask for clarification before voting. If OP doesn't clarify, THEN you vote to close for being too broad, etc
@RubelliteYakṣī see all modern forms of drugs were unknown at vedic and later times like "Scotch whisky , LSD , cocaine etc. Besides that some plants were not native species so cant cover all , only indian subcontinent types , and again they can be grouped simply as intoxicants , in spite of type , the use is same.
@RubelliteYakṣī Three leave opens will make the question out of review and it will not be visible to the reviewers. Later, the votes start aging. After some days, the votes will be gone. There is an effect.
@NogShine Yes, but a vote to close discourages other similar questions. So, in this instance both "drugs" and "marijuana" (and "bhang") will result in a search hit. But, if someone wants to know about "magic mushrooms" it will never come up in a search because no one will ask (because duplicate questions are discouraged)
@NogShine I stand corrected. I didn't know that.
@SwiftPushkar But, plants and fungi may have been. You are making a straw man argument
Also, if someone asks, "what do the Vedas say about LSD?" The answer is easy, "Nothing. It's a modern invention."
Furthermore, in English at least, intoxication can mean many different things. For example, LSD is called an intoxicant by some even though it is non-toxic and non-lethal even in extreme doses.
@NogShine Can you say this another way? I don't understand "voting in reviews" vs "not to close"
@RubelliteYakṣī In any case the previous question can be updated , so to avoid multiple splitted questions on same exact issue. .. So no fear of discouraging users will remain.
@RubelliteYakṣī LSD is an intoxicant in my country.
@RubelliteYakṣī Voting in reviews means going to review page and voting to leave open. Not to close means looking at a question with close votes and not doing anything.
I see few upvoted comments on my answer:
"You can just paste a link of chapter number in comments instead of just copy pasting totally..."
"Pure copy paste. Is there anything from you in the answer?..."
"Anyone can do copy paste. What is your effort here?..."
Well, what to say when no effort ...
Shloka
अविद्यायामन्तरे वर्तमानाः स्वयं धीराः पण्डितंमन्यमानाः ।
दन्द्रम्यमाणाः परियन्ति मूढा अन्धेनैव नीयमाना यथाऽन्धाः II
Transliteration
Avidyayam Antare Vartamanah Svayam Dhirah Panditam-manyamanah
Dandramyamanah Pariyanti Mudha Andhenaiva Niyamana Yathandhah
Translatio...
Do any of the scriptures mention anything about Bhang or marijuana.
I am aware of the atharva veda reference.
I see few upvoted comments on my answer:
"You can just paste a link of chapter number in comments instead of just copy pasting totally..."
"Pure copy paste. Is there anything from you in the answer?..."
"Anyone can do copy paste. What is your effort here?..."
Well, what to say when no effort ...
Hinduism
Hinduism