What is so important about the number 9. We (Indians) consider that this number has got some mystic power behind it. We have navagrahas ( 9 planets ), navaratnas ( 9 jewels ), navadhanyam ( 9 grains ), navarasam ( 9 feelings ), navapashanam ( 9 stones) , navadhwaram ( 9 holes ). Also we have Goddess Durga's festival navaratri. Navami is an important day and is considered to be auspicious. so why so much about the number 9.
A bramhachari is also asked to chant gayatri mantra in multiples of 9's ( 27, 54, 108 etc....) Not only gayatri mantra, even the panchakshari mantra is also chanted in multiples of 9.
The reason behind is simple yet very powerful which will leave us thinking for a while.
According to Sanatana Dharma, number 8 is considered to be the number of humans and number 9 is considered to be the number of god.
Humans are greedy beings. The more they get the more they want. There's no end to his wants. But as a person keeps moving up in life, achieving greater things, he keeps decreasing his value.
Lets see why our rishis gave humans the number 8 with this example. Lets look into the multiple table of 8.
8 * 1 = 8 = 8 + 0 = 8
8 * 2 = 16 = 1 + 6 = 7
8 * 3 = 24 = 2 + 4 = 6
8 * 4 = 32 = 3 + 2 = 5
8 * 5 = 40 = 4 + 0 = 4
8 * 6 = 48 = 4 + 8 = 12 = 1 + 2 = 3
8 * 7 = 56 = 5 + 6 = 11 = 1 + 1 = 2
8 * 8 = 64 = 6 + 4 = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1
8 * 9 = 72 = 7 + 2 = 9
8 * 10 = 80 = 8 + 0 = 8
If you observe the results carefully, you see that human start with a value 8. But as he is not satisfied with his present life, he tries to multiply himself with higher numbers (things) and feels that he is growing up in life. But he forgets that every time he is multiplying himself with higher values he is actually losing his value. But ultimately when he multiplies himself with the number 9, the number of god, he becomes god.
Now lets look at multiples of 9
9 * 1 = 9 = 9 + 0 = 9
9 * 2 = 18 = 1 + 8 = 9
9 * 3 = 27 = 2 + 7 = 9
9 * 4 = 36 = 3 + 6 = 9
9 * 5 = 45 = 4 + 5 = 9
9 * 6 = 54 = 5 + 4 = 9
9 * 7 = 63 = 6 + 3 = 9
9 * 8 = 72 = 7 + 2 = 9
9 * 9 = 81 = 8 + 1 = 9
9 * 10 = 90 = 9 + 0 = 9
The number 9 no matter what you multiply with never loses its value. Its always constant. This is because our rishis attributed number 9 as the number of god.
No matter how much we grow in life, unless we identify ourselves with god we are always short of the biggest number
Very well written and very true.
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any mystic about number 7. saptha rishi,swaras and 7 days a week, 7 colrs of rainbow, 7 steps for marriage
ReplyDeleteMust be there Suje, but don't know it yet... Will try to gather info on that :)
ReplyDeleteHey awesome man........
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Thanks Sanjeev. Glad that you liked it :)
ReplyDeletethis is fantastic but could not estimate in what way the value that u r decrementing when multiplied with 8 represents, what exactly do u mean by "value" when u r saying the 'But he forgets that every time he is multiplying himself with higher values he is actually losing his "value".'
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ReplyDeleteThanks Suki. I'm really impressed by your involved reading.
ReplyDeleteFor here, the word "value" has different meanings depending on the context.
"The higher value" means "things of higher value", car compared to a bike, etc... , "losing his value" means, losing himself, his basic nature, becoming more materialistic. I hope you are able to get the difference. If still confused, may be we can discuss this on a call.
I honestly have no idea how to remove captcha for comment. I understand its very annoying. Tips much appreciated :)
Thanks again so much for reading it so keenly.
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