Re:who or what a nitya suri is?.

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At 09:01 AM 6/5/00 -0400, you wrote:

>

>Could some of the learned members of this group

explain the real

meaning of

>who or what a "nitya-suri" is, the root of the word

and why one would

be

>called a "nitya-suri" ?

>Regards,

>Raja Krishnasamy

 

Dear Bhagavatha,

nitya suris are "Seers who always

see",

i.e suri means seers or persons who see the reality as

it is(isvara,cit and acit) and nitya means "always,

without any break".

The pramana for this is the sastra,which says"Sada

pasyanti surayah" i.e "The seers always see".

The word "sada or always" differentiates these souls

from other souls classified as muktha atmas(released

souls,which at some point of time was a bound soul)

and

Baddha atmas(or souls bound to prakriti).

 

Following are the implications of "nitya suris" :-

1.They are never bound by karma.

2.As their Dharma bhuta gnana(attributive

consciousness) is never concealed,they always see the

reality i.e sriman narayana,the Brahman with the cit

and acit as his attribuites or modes.

3.They are totally and forever absorbed in their

object of love i.e sriman narayana and sriman

narayana out of his infinite love towards these souls

sees to it they always see him and never miss him.

 

Examples of nitya suris are

adishesha,Garuda,visvaksena etc.

 

Just as we accept from sastra that Lord sriman

narayana is the controller of karma and never comes

under its sway,similarly from the same sastra we

should accept

that there are souls though similar to us in reality

are never bound by karma because a question such as

"Why it is given to some souls to be nitya suris and

others otherwise?.", can also be asked.

 

Hope this satisfies your query.

 

sri krishnaarpanamasthu

Suresh B.N.

 

 

 

 

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