[Advaita-l] meera bhai & bhakti

[Abhishek RK]

Yaduji, thanks for correcting this error as otherwise the title would have
looked silly! :)

On 12/30/05, Dr. Yadu Moharir <ymoharir at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Namaste Murli Mohan-Ji:
>
> My apologies for interjecting.  My comment is only limited to the spelling
> "Meera bhai".  It should be "Meerabai"  (miiraabaai), because "everyone
> knows that "bhai means brother, where as "bai" suffix designates a women.
>
> That is why Sanskrit grammar tells us:
>
> anaxara.m hataayuShyaM vissvaraM visvaraM vyaadhipiiDitam |
> axataa shastra ruupeNa vajraM patati mastake
>
> Liberal overall Meaning - If the swara (vowel) gets altered then it
> changes the meaning (even changes the gender), however, if the root verb
> changes it brings death to the yajamaana (axataa that were meant for
> protection becomes the vajra).
>
> Again my apologies for interjecting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dr. Yadu
>
>
>
> --
> bhava Sankara deSika me saraNam
>
> sadASiva samArambham SankaracArya madhymam
> asmadAcArya paryantam vande guru paramparam