You are here: SriPedia - SriRangaSri - Archives - Jul 2004

SriRangaSri List Archive: Message 00047 Jul 2004

 
Jul 2004 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


hi all
while going thro this article, there came another
doubt,kindly clarify. why most of the avatars- rama,
krishna, siva have only sons and no daughters? 

rgds
jayashree.



--- Jayaraman <jayaraman.v@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Namaskaram
>  
> I have no scholarly skill to quote scriptures and
> pramanas for your query.
> That will of-course come from eruidite scholars of
> this sacred forum
> shortly.  
>  
> But,   I venture out to express the clarifications
> of our gurus which I have
> heard in this regard.
>  
> The Godhead Shriya:pathi is everywhere.  He is
> vibhu.  He is vishnu.  He is
> omnipresent.  He has no form and all forms belong to
> him.  This is to be
> understood very clearly.  That is why Vedam worships
> god in all the elements
> of nature and also in pure chit (which is
> consciousness).
>  
> But, this consciousness has anata kalyana gunams. 
> (Unending sacred
> qualities).
>  
> For an unrealized soul,  God is conceived through
> various archa and other
> avatarams.  He takes a personification to help
> enable limited grasp of the
> unrealised mind.
>  
> During such personification,  The God head takes the
> purusha form.  This is
> not the same like male / female combination of this
> evolutionary world.
> Purusha is independent and all other forms are
> dependent on him.  Vedam says
> clearly that all living beings are dependent on this
> purusha.  he is the
> only male out there.  By Male, here we mean the
> "manly" qualities a common
> being will attach to.
>  
> During such perceivement,  All the sacred kalyana
> gunas of this God head are
> represented as his vibhutis.  They are generally
> represented as the female
> consorts of the God.  They are not "Wives" in the
> normal colloquial sense.
> They are in no way different from him.  To quote the
> famous kalidasa,  they
> are as united as the word and meaning (vAgarthAviva
> sambruktau...).  Shri is
> no different from sridharan.  Ma is not different
> from madhavan.  
>  
> We can't say God has two "wives".  That is putting
> it little - pardon me
> saying this - crudely.  He also has divya devis like
> brinda, shri, bhu,
> neela and other vibhutis.
>  
> Apart from these female consorts,  The God head also
> has many other special
> attributes which are also treated as female
> personification.  Vishnu mAyA is
> one of them.   Mother Ganga arose from his feet, so
> we can personify them as
> its daughter.  And so on.
>  
> Please excuse me if there are any mistakes in this.
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Jayaraman
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Suchitra Srinivasan
> [mailto:suchisrini@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 05 July 2004 18:02
> To: SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SriRangaSri] Why does God have 2 wives?
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I am new to this forum and I have been a staunch
> devotee of SriManNarayana ever since I was born.
> 
> However off late I have been struggling with a few
> questions off late in my mind -
> 
> 1) I am starting to question the fact that why did
> God
> have 2 wives? Is this whole concept of Vishnu with 2
> wives, a concept created by a man-dominated society
> in
> the past? 
> 2) Why wasn't having 2 wives considered unethical
> when
> God is expected to set an example for us all.
> 
> I would appreciate your view points in this regard.
> 
> Thank You.
> Srinivasan.
> 
> 
>             
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!
> http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
> 
> 
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor 
> 
> ADVERTISEMENT
>  
>
<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129n2iqkr/M=295196.4901138.6071305.3001176/D=gr
>
oups/S=1705077013:HM/EXP=1089119331/A=2128215/R=0/SIG=10se96mf6/*http://comp
> anion.yahoo.com> click here   
>  
>
<http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=295196.4901138.6071305.3001176/D=groups/S=
> :HM/A=2128215/rand=368678573>         
> 
>   _____  
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> *     To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/
>   
> 
> *     To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
<mailto:SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe>
> 
>   
> 
> *     Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo!
> Terms of Service
> <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> 
> 
> 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 



------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70
http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
srirangasri-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list