Sunday, April 17, 2022

DhanurdharO dhanurvEdO

DhanurdharO dhanurvEdO dandO damayitA dama: | 
aparAjita: sarvasahO niyantA niyamO S yama: || 


Dhanurdhara: -- Ego principle is represented by His bow. Only He knows how to wield 'ego' to the world's benefit. 

DhanurvEda: -- He knows the whole science of bows and arrows. 

Danda: -- Kings are His amsas. Through them He maintains law and order. 

DamayitA -- When situations worsen He directly intervenes and takes to task the sinners. 

Dama: -- He is of the form of precise punishment decided on proper justice. 

AparAjita: -- Never the evil can withstand His anger not to speak about gaining upper hand. 

Sarvasaha: -- He has instituted various forms of gods and their worships, whereby He gives His grace through such forms to the souls who prefer such forms of worship. He waits for their gradual development. 

NiyantA -- If He observes a preference towards a particular god in a soul, He actually induces, helps and encourages the soul to proceed in that path with all sincerity. 

Niyama: -- He in the form of that deity bestows the results prayed for by those worshippers of those gods. 

Yama: -- But He controls untoward enthusiasms that may crop up due to rajoguna and tamoguna. 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

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