[Advaita-l] Rudra Pasupathi Nayanar

[Keshava Mahadeva]

Divya Prabandham 2344:

tAzh saDaiyum neeNmuDiyum oNmazhuvum chakkaramum
soozharavum ponnANum tOnrumAl soozhum |
tiraNDaruvi pAyum tirumalaimEl endaikku
iraNDuruvum onrAi isaindu ||

My lord who dwells in Tirumala, has two forms in one - matted hair, a tall
crown, an axe, a Chakra, an encircling snake, and a golden waist band.

On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 9:58 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 4:42 AM Keshava Mahadeva <
> keshava.mahadeva143 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sir,
>>
>> I remember this where you have written an article on this.
>>
>>
>> https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2019/01/12/vishnu-donning-the-bhasma-tripundra-meditates-on-shiva-harivamsha/
>>
>>
>> Just like Rudra Pasupathi Nayanar, Kannappa Nayanar also followed the
>> steps of Maha Vishnu.
>>
>> He was ready to pluck both of his eyes out to prove his devotion to
>> Parama Shiva which Vishnu also did. This has been stated all over the
>> Puranas, Upanishads and Sastras.
>>
>> *Harivamsha:*
>> yatra lebhe harishchakramupAsya bahubhirdinaiH ||3-84-11
>> puShkaraiH shatapatraishcha netreNa cha jagatpatim |
>> Hari (viShNu) obtained his chakra after serving the lord of the universe
>> (shiva) for many days, with blue lotuses and lotuses with hundred petals
>> and also with his eyes
>>
>> Likewise, if we check all the stories of Nayanars and the things they did
>> to please Parama Shiva we will be able to find that would have been done by
>> Maha Vishnu in the Puranas.
>>
>> Vishnu is the first Nayanar.
>>
>
> Just as Shiva is the Parama Bhaagavata.
>
> All this only go to reiterate what Sridhara Swamin said in his invocation
> to the Bhagavata commentary:
>
> माधवोमाधवावीशौ सर्वसिद्धिविधायिनौ। वन्दे परस्परात्मानौ परस्परनुतिप्रियौ॥
>
> I bow to Mādhava and Umādhava (Shiva) who are both 'Isha-s' Supreme Lords. They
> are capable of bestowing all accomplishments (to their devotees). They
> are both the selves of each other and both love to engage in the stuti of
> each other.
>
> And what Veda Vyasa has said in the Mahabharata:
> रुद्रो नारायणश्चैव सत्त्वमेकं द्विधा कृतम्।
> लोके चरति कौन्तेय व्यक्तिस्थं सर्वकर्मसु।। 12-350-27a 12-350-27b.
>
> [Rudra and Narayana are only two manifestations of One Principle.......]
>
> In Tamil there is an expression: ஓருயிரும் ஈருடலும்...  One life force and
> two bodies...
>
>
> regards
> subbu
>