Why weapons & so many hands

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Dear Sri Kannan :

 

The sankalpa sakthi (Will power ) of Bhagavan alone can destroy

his and his devotee's enemies as well . He bears these weapons for

three reasons :

1. To assure the devotees that He bears these weapons in

defense of them .

 

2. As Jewelery on His divine body.

 

3. The Aayudhams stand as subtle doctrines of VaishNavam .

For instance , BHagavan's manas (Volition , Sankalpam)

is symbolically represented by the rotatign disc , Sudarsanam .

 

The elaboration on the one to one correspondence between

the VaishNavite doctrines and the Weapons seen on the Lord are

described in the 41st Pasuram of AdhikAra Sangraham of

Swamy Desikan's Tamil Prabhandhams .

 

Please access them at :

 

http://www.malolan.org/trk24.htm

 

That describes the way in which the weapons and the aabharaNams

are represented onnthe Lord's Divine body .

 

The 80th Pasuram in that write up on AdhikAra Sangraham

covers these aspects . An understanding of the Tatthva Thrayam

( Sentient , Insentient and Iswaran) covered in other parts of

the AdhikAra Sangraham would help to gain a clear understanding .

You might have to read the commentaries on the previous paasurams

as well .

 

More write ups are available at :

 

http://www.sadagopan.org

as well under Acharyan section/Swamy Desikan link .

 

V.Sadagopan

 

 

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" kankan_73 " <kankan_73

<Oppiliappan >

Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:06 AM

Why weapons & so many hands

 

 

> Dear learned members,

>

> One of my friends (non hindu) has asked the question Why Hindu Gods

> and Goddesses having so many hands and weapons in it. Also he asked

> Is > God powerless without weapons.

>

> Can anyone kindly provide some good reply to this.

>

> Regards,

> Kannan