Dear Sri Vasudevan, The change of "aRiyAdhavan" to "ariyAdhavan" and splitting it as ari + yAdhavan was interesting. adiyEn has heard the original proverb as "ariyum araNum onnu ...", where ari is Hari and aran is Hara. The explanation that I have heard from Srivaishnava scholars for this is as follows: It is indeed true that Hari and Hara are the same, but not in the sense of the two being equal. That does not go with the Vedas themselves, as they clearly declare Brahman to be One. So, how do we interpret this saying? It is to be understood as: Hara is the same as Hari in the sense that Hari is inside everything including Hara. Therefore, they are not two equal and separate entities. They are one and the same because it is Sriman Narayana who is inside everything and controls everything. adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan --- "M.G.Vasudevan" <mgv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer, > > Recently in a chat with my colleague, he said a proverb > during the course of the chat. > That was "ariyum sivanum onnu , ariyaadhavan vaayile > maNNu". > > This proverb or adage simply did not go out of my mind > for some time. > Then came the explanation, which was said by HH sri > chandra sEkarEndhra saraswathi swamigal, > which is just some thing great to share with you all. > > ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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