[Advaita-l] Prapatti

Venkata sriram P venkatasriramp at yahoo.in
Wed Feb 22 01:31:16 CST 2012


Pujya Sadaji,
 
A side note:
 
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In the purushashuuktam purusha is identified as the husband of 
Lakshmi and she stays close to him all the time - day and night. 
The followers are also called srivaishnavates - sri comes first - 
When you go to vaikunta you are first taken by the mother who ready to 
embrace you however dirty you look because it is mother's love. 
 
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Probably the above interpretation is from V.Advaita perspective.
 
For the yajna puruSa, "hri" & "sri" are the wives where these two are to be understood in terms of karma ordained by shruti as :
 
Sri - the yajna phala as brahmatejas & chittashuddhi from the observance of nitya / naimittika karmas;
 
hri - the lajja (sense of guilt) and staying away ie., abstinence from performing niSiddha karma 

regs,
sriram



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