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Challenge 3.04. "YOU HAVE DROWNED YOUR LORD!"

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Ramanbil • October 14, 1999 


SwAmi VEdAnta DEsika's "NaichyAnusanthAnam" and 
"SAtvika AhamkAram"
(As gleaned from his StOtras.) - 
Part 3 - SWAMI CHALLENGES!
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Dear Bhagavatas
Kindly refer to "Part 3 - SWAMI CHALLENGES! An Introductory Note" - posted on 
10th October 99. I am leaving out this to avoid repetition You may read this 
to appreciate this posting in the proper perspective. 
Dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy
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Challenge 3.04. "YOU HAVE DROWNED YOUR LORD!"
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bhagavathi dayE bhavathyA vrishagirinAthE samApluthE thungE /
aprathiga majjanAnAm hasthAlambhO madh AgasAm mrughya: //
(DayA Sathakam SlOkam 13)

Meaning
"Oh! DayA DEvi!
You have drowned in your torrential flood of DayA, your Lord, 
TiruvEnkaTamuDaiyAn Himself, who stands aloft on the mountaintop.

Is drowning me together with my Papas (which troubles the Lord) impossible 
for you? Come on! Now try to do this drowning!"

Comment

SwAmi seems to tell that when she has so successfully drowned the great Lord 
Himself, it will be a child's play for her, to drown SwAmi's sins.

SwAmi seems to imply also that when TiruvEnkaTamuDaiyAn gets drowned lock, 
stock and barrel, His heart laden with the burden of bearing with SwAmi's 
sins, ipso facto, will also be drowned along with Him! The Container and the 
Contained sinking together down deep into the floodwaters of DayA!
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(To Continue) Challenge 3.05. "WHY DOES THE LORD WEAR AN ARMOR?"
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