From the Bhakti List Archives
Vijay Srinivasan
• Mon Nov 04 1996 - 09:42:18 PST
Dear Prapatti Group Members:
The discussions were indeed stimulating. What I mentioned by way of a small
comment generated a whole lot of interesting discussions on the supreme quality
of Daya in the Lord, without the combination of which the others principal
gunas of the Lord (like shakti etc) can be considered as a Dosham (Vide Daya
Sathakam). Thanks to Sudharshan who took a deep dive into the ocean of Daya
and indeed brought back some wonderful pearls for us to enjoy.
On the Vishnu Sahasranama, how would one translate "Bhakta-Vatsala". Could it
be considered as a synonym of Daya. The exercise of searching for Daya in
Vishnu Sahasranamam (which is definitely pre-christian) was in reaction to a
statement that was made by one of the christian authors who thinks that
Hinduism has borrowed the concept of mercy from christianity.
Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan
