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entire manifestation, which concretizes it, making it measurable. Being red
in color, he stands for the circulation of blood through which vitality is
maintained. Associated with this mighty creative power, Rohini shows the
quality of great creativity. Rohini, being the mistress of the universal lifeforce,
represents the inherent condition which enables creative forces to
fructify. She is the feminine center of attraction towards which the active
male is drawn for reproduction. It is through this asterism that the fruits of
one's actions are realized. This is suggested by the hymn which states that
through her all wealth can be conquered and all victories won. Very
appropriately, the Vedic seers considered Rohini as a channel for connecting
with the cosmic energy. If it is mobilized suitably, it can satisfy all human
aspirations. Rohini operates at the supramental level of consciousness,
beyond all rationality of the logical mind. Through Rohini flows the
transcendental consciousness to the world manifestation.
The reference of Rohini to the birth of Krishna is full of implications
relating the arousal of cosmic awareness represented by Krishna. Balarama,
whom Krittika fosters, stands for the power of Great Delight. His mother is
Devaki, which means the daughter of God, and his father is Vasudeva, the
lord of celestial light. Balarama is their seventh child, as Krishna is the
eighth. Before birth, Balarama was transferred to the womb of Rohini to
save him from the wrath of Kamsa, the demon king who tried to slay all the
children of Vasudeva. Balarama received motherly affection from Rohini
until his true identity was finally revealed along with Krishna at the house of
Yashoda and Nanda, Krishna's foster parents. Balarama carried a plough as
his weapon of war. He was fond of pleasure and very haughty in
temperament. He was born to assist Krishna in his mission. As a foster
mother to such a mysterious person, Rohini enjoyed a special status without
whose tact and sacrifice, the advent of the Divine Consciousness on earth
would not have been possible. Rohini as foster mother of Balarama
functions similarly as the consort of Rohit. Both of them channel the Divine
energy for the benefit of the world.
The story of the infatuation of the Moon with Rohini gives greater detail to
this linkage. This Puranic story describes the stage in cosmogene-sis at
which the Kumaras, the youthful yogi-ascetics, refused to enter into the
creation for which purpose they were manifest. Thereupon Brahma, the
creator, produced the ten Prajapatis, the cosmic progenitors, for this purpose,
of which Daksha was one. He fathered sixty daughters of which twentyseven
became the asterisms married to the Moon.
The Moon is the nourisher of the earth and is primarily concerned with the
mind-principle in man. Rohini was very attractive and the Moon became