Faith
Kamsa was warned that Devaki’s eighth child would kill him. Kamsa spared Devaki’s life, but killed every child born to her because of the threat to his life. He killed the first six sons born to her. When Devaki was carrying the seventh child, a miracle happened. Lord Narayana summoned Yogamaya and asked her to transfer Devaki’s four-month-old foetus to the womb of Rohini, another wife of Vasudeva. When this was accomplished, everyone thought that Devaki’s foetus had aborted. Now Kamsa,
Faith
Kooratazhvan, in his Varadaraja Stavam, points out that Varadaraja, like Brahman, is unchanging, said Valayapet Ramachariar, in a discourse. Visishtadvaita philosophy explains the sareera-sareeri relationship between the Supreme One and the Universe. All sentient and non-sentient constitute His body. When we talk of sareera (body), we know that it is subject to change. Chetana and achetana also change. And if they are His body, how can we say He is changeless? The answer is simple. Take a human
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