[Advaita-l] Shankara authenticates Shiva as the son of Brahma

[D Gayatri]

Relax Venkatesh Sir. Draupadi's humiliation is mentioned at multiple
places in the Mahabharata. It is just that Krishna was not her savior.

On 17 August 2016 at 13:02, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l
<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> Namaste
>
> Very important reason why Draupadi's disrobing never happened is
> Bhishma had taken a Brahmacharya vow. He was sitting there in the
> Sabha. Duryodhana and Dushasana knew his Brahmacharya vow. How can
> they make him see a nude woman and break it? They will not try to do
> such a thing. But if you argue they were evil people and will try it
> not caring about anyone. Bhishma would have walked out of the hall to
> protect his vow seeing Dushasana trying to disrobe Draupadi. But he
> did not walk out. That means Draupadi's disrobing incident never
> happened. They did not even try to do it.
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Namaste
>>
>> AFAIK the best example of Saranagati is the Gajendra episode the
>> elephant asking for help. Draupadi's disrobing is not there in
>> Vaishnava Puranas like Bhagavata and Hari Vamsa.It may be some
>> interpolation.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Shashi via Advaita-l
>> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>> Please pardon me,
>>> but it's strange to say that a story
>>> that Vaishnavas from Tulasidas
>>> to Periyavaccan Pillai to
>>> the Gaudiya Acaryas have
>>> praised as one of the finest
>>> examples of Saranagati is a mere
>>> interpolation. Here, I think
>>> Bhakti and respect to such great
>>> Bhagavatas should take precedence
>>> over such pedantry, however
>>> well reasoned and eloquent ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Shashi
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:59 PM, D Gayatri via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Gayatri
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>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> -Venkatesh
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