(Continued...)
The mutuality of Shiva and Shakti should be in our
minds all the time. When hard core ideas from philosophy are made into poetic
extravaganzas, both for the poetic excellence and for the liberties taken
with a view to making the devotees revel in their
devotion, it is natural to exaggerate or make out-of-the-way comparisons. Thus
at one time it may be said that Shiva is greater than Shakti and at another
time quite the opposite.
In every one of these presentations one should not
forget the equality, nay, the identity of the two. Keeping this clearly in his
mind, our Acharya, though he built into the first shloka the idea that it was Shakti who made
Shiva move, he takes care to see that the prodding for the ‘movement’ does not
come from outside. She is inside Him and therefore the word ‘spandanaM’.
(Continued...)
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