If the hymns of the five weapons of Maha Vishnu are read in the morning all sorrow fear sins are removed and joy conferred on the reciter is the belief.
Pancha Janya:
A mighty asura lived inside a conch. Sri Krishna and Balarama were students in the ashram of Sage Sandeepani. On the eve of completing their education, an asura named Pancajana carried away the sages son who was bathing in the Prabhasa teertha. The asura kept the child captive inside the conch where he lived. The sage was grief striken. He asked his disciples to bring back his son as Guru Dakshina. Krishna and Balarama went to the banks of the river and prayed to Varuna. when Varuna appeared Krishna appraised him about the situation and asked him for assistance. Withthe help of Varuna Krishna and Balarama killed the asura Pancajana and got back the sages son. Krishna took the conchin which the asura lived as a momento, and the name panchajanya coined. (10th skanda Bhagavata)
Nachiar Tirumozhi has ten stanzas devoted to the beauty of the Panchajanya.and how envious she was of the conch which was so close to the Lord. beautiful verses.
Vishnu Purana describes how the Child Dhruva who had started a penance hoping for kingship asked God for Moksha when the Lord lovingly touched him with the Panchajanya on his cheek.
Kaumodaki.
The club is known as Kaumodaki, this was given by Varuna to Vishnu Kaumodaki or The Mace of Vishnu represents spiritual, mental and physical strength, which has a tendency to be quite overwhelming at first.
The name Gada has a lot of history that comes along with it. Gada was the name of a mighty demon who once brought much terror upon humanity. Many legends tell about how terrible Gada was, but he had one flaw that was quite easy to take advantage of. It is said that despite how horrible Gada was, he could also be quite charitable. Gada never refused a request that was asked of him no matter how ridiculous the request might have been. My creator, Vishnu, disguised himself as a poet of sorts, also known as a Brahmin. The disguised Vishnu approached Gada and requested that Gada lend his own bones to him. Gada ripped himself apart at the seams to deliver his bones to Vishnu. Vishnu then took these bones and fashioned for himself one of the most grand maces of all time. This mace is called as Kaumodaki. Due to the fact that the mace was created from the bones of Gada the word Gada came to permanently mean mace in sanskrit.
Kaumodaki was created in order to protect humanity. There is nothing that it cannot conquer. This is why the mace has often been compared to the element of time. Time is always moving and can never be stopped. Time itself is unconquerable just like Kaumodaki. (found in the Adi parva chapter of Mahabharatha)
Nandaka
The sword of Maha Vishnu. Brahma performed a sacrifice on the banks of the Ganga at the peak of Mount Mahameru. asura Lohasura came to disturb the sacrifice. immediately a male being came into existence from the meditation of brahma, he paid homage to the devas and brahma the devas blessed him he immediately changed into a sword. as he was blessed and welcomed by the devas he came to be known as Nandaka one who gives joy.
Lohasura was an asura with a blue complexion with a thousand hands he whirled his hands and scattered the devas. Maha vishnu then used the sword to cut off his hands. thus Nandaka helped Vishnu.
Saranga.
Saranga is Vishnu bow. as seen in the Visvaroopa darshanam in the battle field. this is said to have been made by Brahma and presented to Vishnu (Krishna)
Sudarsana.
the discus. the sun god married the daughter of Visvakarma by name Samjna. She could not bear the radiance of the sun and complained to her father, who put the sun through a machine and decreased its radiance. out of the dust produced by rotating the sun in the machine, Visvakarma is said to have made the discus weapon, the aerial chariot Pushpaka, the trident of shiva and the lance of subramanya. (vishnu Purana)
The forest Khaandava was burning, Indra showered rain on that fire. the god Agni gave sudarshana to lord Krishna and the Ghandeeva bow to Arjuna to fight against Indra. Sudarshana had the power of completing the task and returning to the owner. The Srivaishnava community endearingly and reverentially call it Chakrattalvar.( alwar means one who is deeply in love with God)
Pancha Janya:
A mighty asura lived inside a conch. Sri Krishna and Balarama were students in the ashram of Sage Sandeepani. On the eve of completing their education, an asura named Pancajana carried away the sages son who was bathing in the Prabhasa teertha. The asura kept the child captive inside the conch where he lived. The sage was grief striken. He asked his disciples to bring back his son as Guru Dakshina. Krishna and Balarama went to the banks of the river and prayed to Varuna. when Varuna appeared Krishna appraised him about the situation and asked him for assistance. Withthe help of Varuna Krishna and Balarama killed the asura Pancajana and got back the sages son. Krishna took the conchin which the asura lived as a momento, and the name panchajanya coined. (10th skanda Bhagavata)
Nachiar Tirumozhi has ten stanzas devoted to the beauty of the Panchajanya.and how envious she was of the conch which was so close to the Lord. beautiful verses.
Vishnu Purana describes how the Child Dhruva who had started a penance hoping for kingship asked God for Moksha when the Lord lovingly touched him with the Panchajanya on his cheek.
Kaumodaki.
The club is known as Kaumodaki, this was given by Varuna to Vishnu Kaumodaki or The Mace of Vishnu represents spiritual, mental and physical strength, which has a tendency to be quite overwhelming at first.
The name Gada has a lot of history that comes along with it. Gada was the name of a mighty demon who once brought much terror upon humanity. Many legends tell about how terrible Gada was, but he had one flaw that was quite easy to take advantage of. It is said that despite how horrible Gada was, he could also be quite charitable. Gada never refused a request that was asked of him no matter how ridiculous the request might have been. My creator, Vishnu, disguised himself as a poet of sorts, also known as a Brahmin. The disguised Vishnu approached Gada and requested that Gada lend his own bones to him. Gada ripped himself apart at the seams to deliver his bones to Vishnu. Vishnu then took these bones and fashioned for himself one of the most grand maces of all time. This mace is called as Kaumodaki. Due to the fact that the mace was created from the bones of Gada the word Gada came to permanently mean mace in sanskrit.
Kaumodaki was created in order to protect humanity. There is nothing that it cannot conquer. This is why the mace has often been compared to the element of time. Time is always moving and can never be stopped. Time itself is unconquerable just like Kaumodaki. (found in the Adi parva chapter of Mahabharatha)
Nandaka
The sword of Maha Vishnu. Brahma performed a sacrifice on the banks of the Ganga at the peak of Mount Mahameru. asura Lohasura came to disturb the sacrifice. immediately a male being came into existence from the meditation of brahma, he paid homage to the devas and brahma the devas blessed him he immediately changed into a sword. as he was blessed and welcomed by the devas he came to be known as Nandaka one who gives joy.
Lohasura was an asura with a blue complexion with a thousand hands he whirled his hands and scattered the devas. Maha vishnu then used the sword to cut off his hands. thus Nandaka helped Vishnu.
Saranga.
Saranga is Vishnu bow. as seen in the Visvaroopa darshanam in the battle field. this is said to have been made by Brahma and presented to Vishnu (Krishna)
Sudarsana.
the discus. the sun god married the daughter of Visvakarma by name Samjna. She could not bear the radiance of the sun and complained to her father, who put the sun through a machine and decreased its radiance. out of the dust produced by rotating the sun in the machine, Visvakarma is said to have made the discus weapon, the aerial chariot Pushpaka, the trident of shiva and the lance of subramanya. (vishnu Purana)
The forest Khaandava was burning, Indra showered rain on that fire. the god Agni gave sudarshana to lord Krishna and the Ghandeeva bow to Arjuna to fight against Indra. Sudarshana had the power of completing the task and returning to the owner. The Srivaishnava community endearingly and reverentially call it Chakrattalvar.( alwar means one who is deeply in love with God)