Guest guest Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 nomadeva wrote on June 04, 2003: > The Mahanarayana Upanishad: > Further on, it says: > > tasyAH shikhAyA madhye paramAtmA vyavasthitaH | > sa brahma sa shivaH sa hariH sendraH so.axaraH paramaH svarAT.h || I like to add couple of points. In the above, I think " sa hariH " should not be there. Thus it reads sa brahma sa shivaH sendraH so.axaraH paramaH svarAT.h || I believe many printed versions are printed incorrectly. The correction is based on both semantics and syntax. it is in anushhTup.h chandas. Thus there should be 8 letters in each pAda. Keeping " sa hariH " violates the chandas. Semantically also, this is to indicate " sarva shabdavAchyatva of Hari " . Thus there is no need to state explicitly again Hari. > 'sa brahma' -- He is called Brahma because He has infinite guNas. > 'sa shivaH' -- He is called Shiva because He is of essence of bliss > and He is auspicious. > 'sa hariH' -- He is called Hari because He is the enjoyer of all > yaj~nAs. > 'sa indraH' -- He is called Indra because He has > unsurpassable 'Aishvarya' (Aishvarya itself has been translated > elsewhere as the quality of being capable to do anything in anyway) Another way of looking at it is Hari is " sarvabhUtAtma " . " brahmaNi bragma rUpo.asau shiva rUpI shive sthitaH " Lord Hari, being the inner controller of Brahma is called Brahma. He, being the inner controller of shiva, is called shiva. He, being the inner controller of Indra, is called Indra, etc. Regards, Kesava Rao > Krishna Kadiri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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