[Advaita-l] Shankara's message for Deepavali

[V Subrahmanian]

Namaste

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नारायणोऽहं नरकान्तकोऽहं
पुरान्तकोऽहं पुरुषोऽहमीशः ।
अखण्डबोधोऽहमशेषसाक्षी
निरीश्वरोऽहं निरहं च निर्ममः ॥
nārāyaṇo'haṃ narakāntako'haṃ
purāntako'haṃ puruṣo'hamīśaḥ |
akhaṇḍabodho'hamaśeṣasākṣī
nirīśvaro'haṃ nirahaṃ ca nirmamaḥ ||

(Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 495)

I am Narayana, I am the slayer of Naraka, I am the destroyer of
Tripurasura; I am the supreme Being, the Lord, I am the undifferentiated
consciousness, I am the Witness of everything; I have no other Lord and I
am devoid of sense of "I" and "mine".

Narakasura is also a son of Krishna. The story conveys the message that
both good and evil are manifestations of Brahman.  One has to overcome evil
through good and transcend even good.

Om Tat Sat