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18 Dec

For the gIta verse, वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो - "I am alone to be known by all the Veda" - Shri Shankara's bhAShya and Anandagiri's tIka is very illuminating+

Shankara writes:

वेदैस्च सर्वैर्-अहमेव परमात्मा वेद्यः वेदितव्यः । वेदन्तकृत् वेदान्तार्थ सम्प्रदायकृत् इत्यर्थः । वेदवित् वेदार्थवित् एव च अहम् । भगवतः ईश्वरस्य नारायणाख्यस्य विभूतिसंक्षेपः उक्तः+

["I am the Paramatman to be known from all the Vedas. I alone am the propagator of the vedAntic traditions, and I who know the vedAnta"' Thus, the glory of Ishvara, bhagavAn, who is called as "nArAyaNa", are stated]

Anandagiri adds to this bhAShya, commenting as follows+

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@DefiledGod

7 Dec

Siriyaththan was the disciple of Bhattar. He was biased towards kR^iShNa, while Bhattar was biased towards rAma.

So he tried to convince Bhattar on the superiority of kR^iShNa once by arguing with him+

Siriyaththan told Bhattar, “Both rAma and kR^ShNa went to 2 dangerous places – the forest and the Kaurava sabha (as a messenger). But the forest was never as dangerous as the Sabha”

Why does Siriyaththan say that the forest was not a dangerous place? Look at what sIta says+

ये त्वया कीर्तिता दोषा वने वस्तव्यताम् प्रति | गुणान् इति एव तान् विद्धि तव स्नेह पुरः कृतान् ||

[sIta told rAma: "Know that all those blemishes you mentioned regarding the forest become good qualities by your affection for me that takes precedence]+

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@DefiledGod

6 Dec

bhagavAn not only eats meat, he also likes to watch girls dance seductively. The horror.😂

Quoting from the Adi Parva:

वने काश्चिज्जले काश्चित्काश्चिद्वेश्मसु चाङ्गनाः । यथादेशं यथाप्रीति चिक्रीडुः पार्थकृष्णयोः+

[Some women played about in the forests, some in the waters, some in their apartments, in accordance with the desire and commands of pArtha and kR^iShNa]

Here, bhagavAn with Arjuna watches girls perform seductive dances and so forth. What to speak of meat? As to why he did this+

The names explain why.

“kR^iShNa” – who is always in a state of bliss – has all his desires fulfilled. So, he has no lust for such things. But he is with “pArtha”–his aunt’s son – so, bhagavAn has affection for Arjuna due to his relation to him, and accepts to enjoy with him+

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@DefiledGod

6 Dec

There is a mantra in the atharva veda which dwells on the independence and easy accessibility of bhagavAn as rAma, by citing his anger at the Ocean, as follows

नमस्ते भव भामाय नमस्ते भव मन्यवे । नमस्ते अस्तु बाहुभ्याम् उतो त इषवे नमः

Meaning below+

[One who exists with all glories (भव)! Salutations to your anger at the Ocean (भाम)!

One who becomes manifest for the sake of his devotees (भव)! Salutations to your anger at the enemies of the Ocean (मन्यु) !

Salutations to your sturdy arms and the arrow (all your weapons).]+

नमस्ते भव भामाय – भवति इति भव – One who exists with everything as his possessions and all attributes like pervasion etc. Thus, he is the Supreme Brahman.

“भामाय” – I pay homage to your anger indicative of your supreme independence+

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@DefiledGod

1 Dec

The greatness of vidura's bhakti is illustrated by a simple incident in the Udyoga Parva.

When bhagavAn arrived as pANDava-dUta, he was seated in a chair prepared for him by Vidura+

विदुरो मणिपीठे तु शुक्लस्पर्ध्याजिनोत्तरे ॥ संस्पृशन्नासनं शौरेर्महामतिरुपाविशत्

[Vidura, the wise one (महामति), seated in a gem studded seat covered with white deerskin, kept touching the seat of Shauri near him, (checking it for traps)]+

Vidura had observed how Duryodhana had designs to trap bhagavAn by constructing a false seat. Due to his immense bhakti, he was scared for bhagavAn's welfare, forgetting bhagavAn's invincibility+

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@DefiledGod

29 Nov

Throughout the MB, bhagavAn adopted tactics to help the pANDavAs that would be perceived as adharma generally, but were confirmed to be dharma.

Throughout the rAmAyaNa, bhagavAn’s devotees adopted questionable tactics to attain bhagavAn, but which were again dharma only+

Some examples. First is jAbAli, dasharatha’s minister. Wanting bhagavAn to become King, jAbAli tried to convince bhagavAn to stay using chArvAka philosophy as below

स न अस्ति परम् इत्य् एव कुरु बुद्धिम् महा मते | प्रत्यक्षम् यत् तद् आतिष्ठ परोक्षम् पृष्ठतः कुरु (~Ayodhya kANDa)+

[rAma, who have a very broad-mind towards your devotees! You, who are devoted to obeying your father, arrive at the understanding that there is nothing higher than this perceptible world. Give importance to this perceptible princely enjoyment & reject the imperceptible dharmas]+

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