Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 reodreams wrote: > Hi, > > Shiva and Parvati are extremely evolved cosmic beings. namaste Thanks for your thoughts. There is a possible mis-interpretation when you say evolved. Evolved from what? That is not acceptable (atleast to me) because they do not suffer from such defects (shhaDbhaava vikaara) like modification, growth etc. Hence, I would not use the word evolved. In this context, please refer to trishatii nama layavarjitaa and shankara's commentary on that name: ----------- 80. layavarjitaa SHE who is devoid of dissolution. laya means destruction. SHE transcends it. "avinAshi vAreyamAtama anuchChitti dharmA" - Atman is indestructible, it cannot be cut. [bR^ihadAraNyakopaniShad]. Hence, SHE is indestructible. In this context the term laya stands for ShaDbhAva vikAra. These six changes are birth (jananam), existence (astitva), vR^iddhi (growth), vipariNAma (change), apakShaya (decay) and nAsha (death or destruction). smr^itis also indicate that SHE is beyond all these changes. SHE is satyam j~nAnam anantam brahma as stated by taittirIyopaniShad. AUM layavarjitAyai namaH -------------------------------- AUM shivaabhyaannamaH Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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