[INDOLOGY] Smara

[Ganesan T]

In reply one can cite the following verse of the ancient Sivamahimnastava:

asiddhArthA naiva kvachidapi sadevAsuranare

nivartante nityaM jagati jayino yasya vishikhAH .

sa pashyannIsha tvAmitarasurasaadhAraNamabhUt.h

smaraH smartavyAtmA na hi vashishhu pathyaH paribhavaH ..

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The cupid's(love-god `manmatha's) (flower) arrows never return

unaccomplished whether the victims are gods or demons or men . However O,

master! he has now become just a *remembered soul* (without body),since he

looked upon you as any other ordinary god, shot his arrow and got burnt to

ashes,in no time . Insulting masters (who have controlled their senses),

does one no good .


Ganesan


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Harsha Dehejia
<harshadehejia at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Friends~
>
> The Sanskrit word smara means both memory and love.
>
> What is the reason for this?
>
> A colleague suggested that in the realisation of love there is the
> remembrance of all loves.
>
> Kind regards.
>
> Harsha
> Harsha V. Dehejia
> Carrleton University, Ottawa,ON.
> Canada.
>
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