Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 > Please accept my humble obeisances. > All glories to Srila Prabhupada. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Meru—a mountain, the golden peak of Himavan, seat of Lord ®iva, abode of > the demigods. Also called Maha-meru. > >>> Ref. VedaBase => Glossary > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > himav€n—the Himalaya Mountains >>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 1.12.22 > > “On the southern side of the land known as Il€vta-vara are the mountains > known as Himav€n, . . . .” > > How is Meru a peak of Himavan -- the Himalayas -- if Meru is the center of > the universe (“The hill known as Meru is fixed in the universe as a > universal pivot,. . . ” SB 4.22.58) while Himavan is “on the southern > side” of Il€vta-vara? > > Also, Bg. 10.25, purport makes a distiction between them: “The mountain > named Meru was mentioned in a previous verse, but Meru is sometimes > movable, whereas the Him€layas are never movable. Thus the Him€layas are > greater than Meru.” If Meru is sometimes movable, then why should it not move to the Himavan, sometimes? Wouldn't, by the influence of kali yuga, the movements of the universe become increasingly eccentric? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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