[Advaita-l] Incorrect comparisons?

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Sat Dec 17 11:52:14 CST 2011


On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 11:18 PM, V Subrahmanian
<v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Wealth has been compared to waves of an ocean for their unsteady nature.
>  लक्ष्मीस्तोयतरङ्गचपला  is an expression in Shankaracharya's
> shivAparAdhakShamApaNastotram.  Sri Purandara Dasa, a great composer of
> songs on Lord Vitthala primarily, has this song to his credit:
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> *http://tinyurl.com/7dfxlsk*
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> In this song he compares the wealth of those who have turned God-ward with
> the others who are devoted to the world and finally concludes:
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> ನಿಮ್ಮ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ-ದೇವಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ನಾರಾಯಣ
> ನಮ್ಮ ಪುರಂದರವಿಠಲನ ಅನುದಿನ ಸ್ಮರಿಸುವುದಯ್ಯ ||
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I forgot to give the translation of the above and here it is:

Your 'wealth' is Lakshmidevi and Our 'wealth' is Narayana.  It is best to
remember our Purandara Vitthala always.

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