ardhanaariishvara stotram.h - 5

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Bondada Umamaheshwar wrote:

> >The skulls indicate to the devotees that life in a body is
> >transient and impermanent,
>
> I have come across a dfferent kind of explanation for this (ofcouse in a
> different context) that this indicates that the Lord deserts none -- not
> even the dead.  Is this also ok?

Yes it follows from the former statement.  Parameshwara is concerned with
the eternal jiva for which lives and deaths are transient states.  So he
is equally the Lord of the living and the dead.

--
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>

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