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@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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