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Re: Dvividha in Srimad Bhagavatam

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balaji srinivasan • September 20, 2002 


Namaskarams to you first.

It seems to be the same vanara. I don't know what to
say on immortality part (Immortality may have levels 
and even Indra's life is much shorter compared to Lord
Brahma as we all know. Anyway he lived for an yuga and
in some sense justfied Valmiki.

All said and done, there are lot of differences in the
time concept of valmiki and Bhagavatham. Krishna lived
for 120 years only and Valmiki talkes about few ten 
thousands of years for Rama. 

Valmiki says Kashyapa did tapas for 1000 deva years to
get vamana while Bhgavatham talks about his wife doing
it just for few days.

Poets have a tendency to cross realties of time and
space all said and done. 

Anyway, all this are to improve bhakthi and we need to
really look at the principles they stand for. Vedas 
usually talk about praying the Gods to grant trouble
free 100 years of life and that is very convincing.

warm regards,
Balaji S.

--- Mani Varadarajan  wrote:
> 
> A question from a friend of mine:
> 
> > I happened to be reading the Srimad Bhagavatam
> this
> > morning and came across the episode where Dwivida
> gets
> > killed by Balarama.
> 
> > Two problems with that. First, how could a devotee
> of Sri
> > Raama who fought for him in Lanka cause himself to
> be
> > killed by Balarama? (It is the same Dwivida since
> Vyaasa
> > mentions that he was the brother or Mainda and a
> > counsellor to Sugriva - the Lord of the Monkeys)
> > Apparently, this Dwivida had befriended Naraka
> too.
> 
> > Second, Valmiki writes that Mainda and Dwivida
> were the
> > sons of the Aswinis and had quaffed Amrita. How
> then
> > could Dwivida be killed?
> 
> > If you have any clue about these, please let me
> know. If
> > you know some knowledgeable souls that could
> explain
> > this, please ask them.
> 
> > I am disturbed to see this contradiction and am
> even more
> > disturbed as to how the Lord's devotee could die
> in this
> > way.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Mani


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