Faith
The Supreme One incarnates to help jivatmas attain moksha. As Krishna, He gave the world the Bhagavad Gita. But He also got Bhishma to tell Yudhishthira about the power of His names. Bhishma had already set an example to everyone by his virtuous conduct. Sages have laid down rules which we must follow to attain His feet. When He Himself has taken avataras, to show us the right path, why did He send sages to instruct us? Although as Rama He lived an exemplary life, we might dismiss it saying He
Faith
In his Thiruvezhukoottrirukkai, in praise of Lord Aravamudhan of Kumbakonam, Thirumangai Azhvar uses words referring to numerals, counting from one to seven, to get the image of a ratha. But why not go beyond seven? The grammar for this type of poetry does not talk of more than seven numerals and seven Azhvars have praised Aravamudhan. There is a Vedic story, too, which could be seen as justification for ‘seven,’ said V.S. Karunakarachariar in a discourse. The devas decided to use poetic metres
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