HIRANYA ET ALL

Caution
This is neither a scientific article nor a mythological fact , only a fantasy of a dementiated soul .
The word ‘ Hiranya’ to be precise , a Sanskrit word long ago in practice around satya yuga denotes the modern day word ‘hernia’[Please don’t confuse the above term with ‘Hiranyam’ or ‘Hiranya gharbam’ with totally different meanings] .The definition of the term’ hiranya ‘ is a protrusion of vicious internal matter through any weakness in the outer surface in any part of the human body.

History

Though the west claim that this disease or abnormality has been discovered by sage Baylie in London in 1546, the hindus have recorded this entity prior to dwapara yuga and according to Srimad Bagavatha by Vyasa the above entity ‘ Hiranya’ was first noted in the siblings Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu , by birth. In verse 64 ,chapter 16 Srimad Bhagavatha substantiates it by terming Hiranyaksha as having hiranya in ‘ akshus’ meaning in the region of eye ,meaning , the right eye has bulged out after herniation from the vicious brain[head weight]. As for as Hiranya kasipu’s case is concened the hiranya occurred in the ‘ kasipu’ meaning ,from the loins.
.Now as for as the treatment is concerned in Hiranyakshan’s case, the surgery was delayed and the swelling had grown to such an extent that the devas had mistaken that Hiranyaksha was eloping with the earth in his face and Lord Vishnu was left with no option other than to bore him to death in the form of a wild boar- a case of mistaken identity or false encounter as you may term.
In Hiranyakasupu’s case what happened was ,the hiranya became obstructed and later strangulated,meaning the internal vicious matter could not go back in to the abdominal cavity because of the accumulated filth resulting in severe abdominal pain and the Lord had to come out to alleviate his pain by excising the filthy matter out and thus the first hiranya operation was performed.
Since it was an emergency surgery , it had to be performed even in dusk. Since there was insufficient light inside and the threat of bacterial contamination was high outside ,it is claimed that the surgery was performed in the doorstep ,neither outside nor inside .Since there was no operation table in vogue then , he used his lap as the operation table.. Also just prior to surgery as it happens now a days also , the surgeons face turns animalistic ,a sort of sadistic metamorphosis ,the Lord’s face also resembled a lion ,hence he was also called Narasimha… The lack of fine surgical tools then was solved by the Prabhu using his nails for incision and separating the sac .But soon the darkness dawned and surgery couldn’t be completed and Hiranyakasupu was the first victim of hiranya surgery performed in the dark without catgut. Though there are other stories circulating that the Lord showed negligence to help out the king’s rebel son Prahlada for the throne ,I cannot blaspheme the Lord in the above case.
Thus was born the hiranya operation and followers still believe that the best results for the above surgery is inevitable if conducted after rahu kala and on Saturdays if possible.