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Re: Dvividha in Srimad Bhagavatam

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Hari Krishnan • September 22, 2002 


Dear Sri Mani Varadarajan,

Thanks for the reference.  I have this to say on para 2 of your response (as given hereunder).

Yuddha Kanda Sarga 28 shows us Sarana introducing the Vanara warriors to Ravana from a distance.  Rama has just entered Lanka, constructing Sethu.  There can therefore be no question of 'Brahma permitting Mainda and Dwivida' to drink nectar because they helped Rama, because when this introductory remark was made, the war had not even started.

This must be a reference to a very old incident.  When the Ocean of Milk was churned for Amrita, the Devas requested Vali to help them in their effort.  Vali did so and it was with his help that the task was accomplished.  Kamban mentions this in several places.  

kazaRu thEvarOdu avuNar kaNNin n-inRu
uzalum man-tharaththu uruvu thEya mun
azalum kOL arA akadu thIvida
suzalum vElaiyaik kadaiyum thOLinAn

is what Hanuman says of Vali by way of introduction to Rama.  Now, Kamban is known for his erudition.  'kaliviyir periyan kamban' and he cannot be wrong.  It is possible that as his brothers-in-law, Mainda and Dwivida accompanied him and had Brahma's permission to have a taste of the nectar.  It is only my inferance and  I do not have evidence for this, now.  

There are scholars in this forum who can throw more light on this.

Regards,

Sincerely,
Hari Krishnan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mani Varadarajan" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: Dvividha in Srimad Bhagavatam


| The reference to Dwivida and Mainda drinking nectar with
| the permission of Brahma is in Yuddha Kanda Sarga 28,
| slokas 6 and 7.
| 
| The deeper question though is that these two had no
| reason to be given permission to drink Amrita by Brahma.
| If it was just a matter of the monkeys helping Sri Raama,
| then on Sri Raama's request to Indra, the dead and
| wounded monkey armies were already sprinkled with amrita
| and brought back to life. There was no need for Brahma to
| permit these two to specially drink the stuff, when he
| should have known that it was going to be sprinkled over
| them anyway.
|


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