60. PRATHARDHANAYA NAMA: प्रथरदनाय नम:
Destroys all during pralayam [great deluge]
Today's [13th May 2008] lecture is from Thirukkandiyur, om the banks of Kaveri. The Lord here is Sri Harasapaharan, The Lord removed the curse of lord Haran - Shiva- and so the Lord is called Sri Harasapaharan. When lord Shiva had a curse for cutting off one head of lord Brahma [brahmahatti dosha], he tried many places to get the curse removed and finally with the blessings of the Lord, lord Shiva's curse was nullified. The Lord creates this Universe and later destroys it. The god for death is Mruthyu and he gets his power from the Lord. Though in normal times Mruthyu destroys all; in the great deluge, Mruthyu also is destroyed by the Lord as nothing else than the Lord remains. It is like we eat curd rice with the aid of pickles; but at the end we devour even that pickle also. Mruthyu is only assisting the Lord. One may ask whether this destruction is an act of compassion. Just like a mother makes a child doing mischief, to go asleep so that after wake up, the child behaves better, samharam or destruction gives a new lease of life to refine living.
No comments:
Post a Comment