[Advaita-l] Bagavatham

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Thank you raghav sir for your answer.
But why does bhrgu muni being a realised sage curse isvara?

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020, 21:48 Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Sep, 2020, 7:08 PM Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > One curse given to shiva by bhrigu in bagavatham.
> >
> >
> > Those who vow to worship Lord Śiva are so foolish that they imitate him
> by
> > keeping long hair on their heads. When initiated into worship of Lord
> Śiva,
> > they prefer to live on wine, flesh and other such things.
> >
>
> The key word is that they live on flesh, wine etc. It refers to the
> kapalikas, a sect of degenerate shaivas who practised lower forms of
> tantra. See this.
>
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapalika
>
> The kapalikas tried to sacrifice Adi Shankara too but we're thwarted by the
> intervention of Sri Padmapada. These degenerate Shaivas were no friends of
> advaitins.
>
> See this for the details of these Shaivas trying to kill Shankara.
> http://www.kamakotimandali.com/blog/index.php?p=984&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
>
>
>
> Text 30: Bhṛgu Muni continued: Since you blaspheme the Vedas and the
> > brāhmaṇas, who are followers of the Vedic principles, it is understood
> that
> > you have already taken shelter of the doctrine of atheism.
> > Text 31: The Vedas give the eternal regulative principles for auspicious
> > advancement in human civilization which have been rigidly followed in the
> > past. The strong evidence of this principle is the Supreme Personality of
> > Godhead, who is called Janārdana, the well-wisher of all living entities.
> >
>
> The word Janardana has been explained in bhAShyas as Brahman who destroys
> (ardanam karori) the future births (jana meaning janmas)
>
> > Text 32: By blaspheming the principles of the Vedas, which are the pure
> and
> > supreme path of the saintly persons, certainly you followers of
> Bhūtapati,
> > Lord Śiva, will descend to the standard of atheism without a doubt.
> >
> >
> > How should we understand this?
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