Right & Left

[n.rao at rz.uni-sb.de]

Girish Behari wrote
>Hi,
>
>Something has been puzzling me for a long time and I wonder if anyone can 
>help me out.
>
>Usually one comes across shlokas where the devi is placed at the left of the
>deva; e.g. :-
>
>niilaambujashyaamalakomalaN^gaM siitaa samaaropita vaama bhaagam.h |
>paaNau mahaasaayaka chaaru chaapaM namaami raamaM raghuva.nshanaatham.h ||
>
>and 
>
>dakshine lakshmaNo yasya vaame tu janakaatmajaa |
>purato marutiryasya taM vande raghunandanam.h ||
>
>However, at the start of the ba.Daa bandii mochana one finds :-
>
>sadaa bhavaanii daahine sanmukha rahe.n gaNesha |
>paa.ncha deva rakshaa kare.n brahma vishhNu mahesha |
>
>Can someone please explain the difference? Many thanks beforehand.

Perhaps the sloution to your puzzle is simple:  in one case  husband and 
wife are involved -  not so much devi and deva, and in another case 
bhavaanii and her sons are involved.  

Narahari Rao
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