This is interesting, as Maṅkha cherishes the opposite opinion, according to which no human (ruler), but only god, deserves praise - by man, e.g.:

mahat kaṣṭam aho hitvā yac charvaṃ sarvataḥśrutim[1] |

garvānavadhibādhiryo nareṇa stūyate naraḥ || Śrīkaṇṭhacarita 25.6 ||

[1] sarvataḥśrutim (em.)] sarvataḥ śrutim Ed.

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2014-09-29 11:00 GMT+02:00 Dr. T. Ganesan <ganesan@ifpindia.org>:

nAdevo devamarcayet might be a general statement; but in the ancient unpublished text of Sivadharma, there is a passage:

nārudraḥ saṁsmared rudraṃ nārudro rudram arcayet .

nārudraḥ kīrtayed rudraṃ nārudro rudram āpnuyāt .. (Sivadharma, 1: 25)

This idea and the passage may be the basis for all later views expressed in the same fashion.

Ganesan

On 29-09-2014 02:45, Chiara Policardi wrote:
Dear List members,

what is the source of the citation “nAdevo devam arcayet”?

It is quoted as “vedic saying” (Coomaraswamy) and “tantrik saying” (Eliade and others), but I haven’t ever seen the precise reference.

Thanking you in advance,

Chiara Policardi

PhD student

La Sapienza University of Rome
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