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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.
> 
> ...

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