Monday, October 8, 2012

Soundarya Lahari - Part 252

                             
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Poison is the opposite of nectar. The opposite of snakes is Garuda. Actually there are two opposites of a snake. One is Garuda; the other is a peacock. Lord Vishnu has Garuda as his vehicle and Lord SuBrahmanya has peacock as his vehicle. 

But the same Vishnu is also reclining on the snake. And SuBrahmanya is Himself called NAgarAja (the King of snakes). All this looks self-contradictory.

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