Guest guest Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 My humble pranams to swamiji We request you to clarify on this matter. This is in reply to the clarifications for my questions by one of the esteemed members. >> I never heard of this in Valmiki Ramayanam. All our >> Acharyas say that this is not mentioned in Valmiki >> Ramayanam. 123rd sarga of yuddhakanda when Shri Rama describes to Sita the various locations while travelling on the Pushpak Vimana. Verse is the first half of Shloka no. 20.of the Valmiki Ramayana "Atra Purvam Mahadeva: Prasadam Akarot Vibhu: " In kavyas, certain incidents are narrated as they come and certain other incidents are described as flashback. This is the case of flashback. [ Essentially, Rama tells Sita that He had worshipped Mahadeva ] In sandyavandanam there is a mantra which we recite "asaVadityo brahma brahmaiva asmi" which means that soorya is the brahman and I verily am a brahman Also in the rig vedic verse "ritgam sathayam param brahmam purusham krishana pingalam oordvaretham viroopaksham vishavaroopaya vai namah" which states that both shiva and vishnu are brahman Even in the purusha sooktham there is a verse in the end which says "hreeshcha they lakshmisha patnyau" hree in the samhitas mean parvathi.it denotes shiva as well as vishnu. The minimal knowledge i have obtained in reading the primordial upanishads and listenning to various acharyas rendering upanyasams the "brahman" is the supreme. Advaitham and vishatadvaitham (Qualified advaitham) also teached the same thing. Self realization is the most supreme.The brahman is nirguna..meaning no attributes.so satvic,rajasic or tamasic does not apply. The puranas of vishnu and shiva depicts the ishta devathas as supreme and belittlilng the other for the sake of the reader. The purans depict the essence of the vedas to help people who cannot understand the essence of vedas. The kowledge about the brahman alone gives moksha other wise the upanishads say that mere rituals only take you to the pitrloka and devaloka according to their prarabdha karma. The sanchita karma and the aagamin karma can be wiped away by pure devotion and performing sacrifices. Even that the upanishads clearly state in the verse "assorya namate loka andhena ...". those who do not understand the meaning of the rituals will take them to the land where no light or soorya exists and darkened world. Adiyen Anand srinivasan lakshmi narsimhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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