Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 > Ekanath Prabhu, Any insights on this from the writings of the previous > acaryas? Sure, The mention of ium€ra comes from Madhva's commentary. Madhva quotes an anonymous source: iˆum€ro dhruva caiva saˆsthitau yat-pure sad€ / tat payanti na y€nty anye lokaˆ y€nti sur€n vin€ // iti ca. "Both Sisumara and Dhruva always remain in front of that planet which others can see, but only gods can reach." Madhva mentions here two places, Dhruva and Sisumara, which seem to be situated near, but below Vaikuntha. On the threshold of the Vaikuntha world, so to say. Apart from Vijayadhvaja Tirtha, a follower of Madhva, no other acaryas mention Sisumara in this context. ys end > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Text PAMHO:7424489 (12 lines) > Mahat-tattva (das) (Los Angeles, CA - USA) > 02-Nov-03 20:34 -0500 (17:34 -0800) > (Krsna) Katha [8046] > Prabhupada Said [2092] > polestar > --------------------------- > According to astronomical calculation, along with the polestar there is > another star, which is called Sisumara, where Lord Visnu, who is in charge > of the maintenance of this material world, resides. Sisumara or Dhruvaloka > can never be reached by anyone but the Vaisnavas, as will be described by > the following slokas. > > >>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 4.12.27 > > > I always thought that the polestar is Dhruvaloka, but here it says > something different. Actually it is a bit confusing because Sisumara is a > group of planets (as far as I know). > (Text PAMHO:7424489) ------ > > ------- End of Forwarded Message ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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