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

[Shashwata Shastri]

*Bramayathi hari hara bhedha bhava,Nagathitha ghatanaa patiyasi maya.*
Hara Hara Shankara.

Best Regards,

Shashwata Chowdhury

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 3:21 AM, Anil Aggarwal <aaggarwal at wi.rr.com> wrote:

>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> With respect,
> We all need to read the last verse of mayapanchkam
> Respectfully
> Anil
> > On Aug 13, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Shashwata Shastri via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > Fighting over supremacy? Seems like kids fighting over their ice-creams.
> > Mine tastes better than yours because the menu-list says so.
> >
> > Shashwata Chowdhury
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 12:58 AM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 8:07 PM, D Gayatri <dgayatrinov10 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is this story present in the critical edition? If yes, can you give me
> >> the
> >>> references? Assuming both happen and I read the story, I will respond
> to
> >>> you further.
> >>
> >>
> >> I do not know if it is in the critical edition. It is very much there,
> >> however, in this edition:
> >>
> >> It is in the Karna parva, chapter 25:
> >>
> >> https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%
> >> BE%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D-08-
> >> %E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%
> >> A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-025
> >>
> >> Because of Sanskrit font in the address, the URL is so long. The entire
> >> story can be read there. Only the relevant verses are shown here:
> >>
> >>
> >> ततः प्रभृति देवानां देवदेवोऽभवद्भवः।
> >> पतिश्च सर्वभूतानां पशूनां चाभवत्तदा।। 8-25-30a
> >> 8-25-30b
> >> तस्मात्पशुपतिश्चोक्तो भवत्वाच्च भवेति वै।।
> >> अर्धमादाय सर्वेषां तेजसा प्रज्वलन्निव। 8-25-31a
> >> 8-25-31b
> >>
> >> From then on Rudra was 'Deva Deva' and the Lord of all beings, who are
> >> paśus. Therefore he is called paśupati.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On Saturday, 13 August 2016, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 4:54 PM, D Gayatri via Advaita-l <
> >>>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> //There he is talking about Rudra, an amsha of Lord Shiva. The amshA
> is
> >>>>> created, not the amshi. That does not mean that he holds Shiva
> himself
> >> to
> >>>>> be a created entity.//
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If that is your reading, then so be it. From my perspective, I do not
> >>>>> find
> >>>>> evidence to support your reading. Birth of Rudra is mentioned even in
> >>>>> Sruti
> >>>>> like Satapatha and Kausitaki brahmanas.
>
>