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Re: Dvividha in Srimad Bhagavatam

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Pradeep Janakiraman • Thu Sep 19 2002 - 23:03:47 PDT 


Malolan

I started off saying that neither was I a pundit of Bhagavatam and 
neither would my explanation for Dvivida's vadham be convincing. And 
that it was just an attempt and said, I dont even know if it was of 
any use to MAni at all. I was just expressing my thoughts. 

Now, 
a) it doesnt matter to me how many times you discussed the Sri 
Vaikuntam vs Karya Vaikuntam stuff, when, where and how and where the 
archives lie etc., because am not a regular here. 

Nowhere does the moderator mention that one has to cover all the 
syllabus of all the archives and read all the volumes of bhasyams 
before participating in a discussion here. I thought its a place for 
novices like Pradeep to learn from Panditha-Jambavaans like you. 

So it beckons some cordiality from you to accomodate the lesser souls.
If indeed I was writing irrelevant of repetitive stuff, then I guess 
the moderator could have rejected my posting. 

b) onto your explanation. Have you in anyway answered the original 
question yet ? other than referring me to archives and Valmiki 
Ramayana Bhaashyam i dont see you having answered Mani's original 
point through this reply. This comment you could have sent me as a 
personal note or the moderator could have done that. 

c) Onto the main point of discussion. 
If Bhishma was bound by a vow to protect the Kauravas and he himself 
gave the suggestion to Yudhistra, then that was his destiny, 
Praarabdham. But that still doesnt take the fact away that he was a 
devotee of Narayana right ? As long as one sides with evil, either 
bound a vow or by blood or friendship or lordship, the result is 
clear, you have to perish, maybe its a Brahma-astram, or Sudarshana-
Chakram instead of a mere arrow.  

Once again, if dwaara-palakas were born as Asuras, then its possible 
for anyone to err at any point.

My stream of thought was that God can play a leelai by which 
someone's mind makes him commit an error. Later God himself deals 
with it in his own ways. Its all His wish. That's what I was trying 
to convey. 

- Pradeep 




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