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Re: Dvividha in Srimad Bhagavatam

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Mani Varadarajan • September 27, 2002 


My friend who posed this question in the first place
read all that was written and had this to say in
reaction:

> Dear Mani,
> 
> Sri Balaji is a devout person. But somehow, I am not
> happy - not for the sake of Dwivida or Vaalmiki or
> Vyaasa. I see this going back to hit some core points
> that have to do with us. It is not just the fact that he
> went or the way he went. It is a question on the way we
> lead life, on Saranaagati, on Bhakti, on Kainkaryam.
> 
> Perhaps I am making a big deal out of nothing. But these
> are still questions that lead me to think that one is not
> quite "safe" even after surrendering and performing
> loving service to the Lord. 
> 
> How could this be possible? Surely there must be
> something basically wrong in the way I am approaching
> this whole issue, since this contradicts core doctrines. 
> 
> Not for a moment do I doubt the truth of the words of
> either Vaalmiki or Vyaasa. I also have no doubts that the
> Lord is eternally gracious on to us. Then how does he not
> stop our minds from drifting? I am - atleast I was
> utterly convinced that no matter how much harm we tried
> to do to ourselves by doing things that are not to His
> liking - he would always come and straighten our
> Mano-vrittis out so we came back on line. 
> 
> I am not convinced that Dwivida did so much wrong that
> the Lord had to punish him without even a warning. 
> 
> What hope remains for the likes of me then?
> 
> Perhaps I am being needlessly despondent and perhaps this
> is just a story in the puraana. But try as I might, I
> cannot convince myself to let it go that way.
> 
> BTW, there is no pralaya between yugas - just between one
> chatur-yuga and the next.


> > --- In bhakti-list@y..., balaji srinivasan  wrote:
> > 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.


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