Krishna? read..

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Below is the post from Shree Sastriji in 'Advaitin' group. I have stolen it here

for the group. Hope the effort is worthwhile. (afterall our lord himself is a

'thief'!!-of butter and our hearts!! 'yadhyada...anuvarthathe)'Gita' 3/21)

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

NARAYANAYA NARAYANA NARAYANA

 

 

Pranams to all.

 

In Bhagavadgita Krishna speaks as Bhagavan, which means saguna

brahman and not as an individual, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. He

is addressed by Arjuna in some shlokas as `Madhusudana' , which means

slayer of the demon `Madhu'. According to the puranas, it was Vishnu

who killed the demon Madhu and not Krishna. By addressing Krishna as

Madhusudana the identity of Krishna and Vishnu, who is saguna

brahman, is brought out.

In Vishnusahasranama (the 1000 names of Vishnu), the name `Krishna'

appears twice. In his Bhashya on Vishnusahasranama Shri Shankara

gives the following meanings for the name `Krishna:--

1. krish means `Existence' and `Na' stands for Bliss according to

Vyasa. So Krishna means `Sat-chit- Ananda'.

2. Krishna means `Krishna Dvaipayana' or Vyasa. Vyasa and Vishnu

are the same.

 

According to Srimad Bhagavatam, Krishna is the son of Vasudeva.

According to Sanskrit grammar, the son of Vasudeva is called

VAsudeva. Thus VAsudeva is one of the names of Krishna. But this

name appears in the Vishnusahasranama as the name of Vishnu himself

three times with three different meanings given by Shri Shankara.

These three meanings are:--

1. vasati vAsayati AcchAdayati sarvam iti vAsuH; dyotate iti devaH;

vAsuScAsau devaSceti vAsudevaH---

Meaning—He dwells in, and covers everything and so he is vAsu; being

effulgent, he is deva. He is thus both vAsu and deva, i.e.,

vAsudeva.

2. vAsudeva is the son of vasudeva. Here the identity of Krishna and

Vishnu is clearly brought out.

3. He is the God who covers the universe with his Maya and so he is

vAsudeva.

Thus it has been clearly shown that Krishna is none other than

Vishnu who is saguna brahman, who is not different from nirguna

brahman. So Krishna is the supreme brahman, the indwelling Self of

all. The truth of advaita that there is nothing but brahman is

brought out in this way.

S.N.Sastri

 

 

 

 

 

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