{"id":58175,"date":"2024-02-15T12:12:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/170149329411"},"modified":"2024-02-15T12:12:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:12:43","slug":"advaita-assumes-a-four-armed-figure-raghava-pa%e1%b9%87%e1%b8%8dita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=58175","title":{"rendered":"Advaita assumes a four-armed figure."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_p35ya5FUMG1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p35ya5FUMG1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p35ya5FUMG1sbj0vuo1_500-275x187.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Advaita assumes a four-armed figure.<br \/>\nR\u0101ghava Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita continued,<br \/>\n\u201cA wise person once told me that Advaita Gosv\u0101m\u012b stayed in Mathur\u0101 during His pilgrimage because of the beauty here. At that time there was a worthless br\u0101hma\u1e47a in Mathur\u0101 who invariably spoke ill of the Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas. That was his worst habit. He was a proud scholar and a wicked man, so the inhabitants of Mathur\u0101 feared him.<br \/>\nOnce he spoke harshly about the Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas in front of \u015ar\u012b Advaita Prabhu.<br \/>\nAdvaita became so furious that His lips began to tremble and His eyes grew red. He shouted at the br\u0101hma\u1e47a,<br \/>\n\u2018O wicked man, today you will not escape from Me. I shall sever your head from your body with this cakra.\u2019<br \/>\nAdvaita assumed a four-armed figure, and the br\u0101hma\u1e47a began to tremble in fear. He folded his hands and tried to pacify Advaita by saying,<br \/>\n\u2018O Lord, punish me as You like. Unfortunately, I have lost my good intelligence, and not understanding vai\u1e63\u1e47ava-tattva, I have committed unlimited sins. Please be kind to me and save me from these sins.\u2019<br \/>\nThe br\u0101hma\u1e47a began to cry helplessly, and Advaita concealed his four-armed form. Seeing the wretched condition of the br\u0101hma\u1e47a, Advaita felt pity for him and decided to bless him. Advaita spoke in sweet words,<br \/>\n\u2018The sins which you have committed will send you to hell, <br \/>\nbut I will tell you what you must do now. Admit your guilty mentality, give up all pleasures, and engage yourself in n\u0101ma-sa\u00f1k\u012brtana. Serve the Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas with your heart and soul and be very cautious in your dealings with them. Engage yourself in worship according to the standards of pure devotion and do not tell anyone what you have seen today.\u2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_p35ya5FUMG1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Advaita assumes a four-armed figure.<br \/>\nR&#257;ghava Pa&#7751;&#7693;ita continued,<br \/>\n&ldquo;A wise person once told me that Advaita Gosv&#257;m&#299; stayed in Mathur&#257; during His pilgrimage because of the beauty here. At that time there was a worthless br&#257;hma&#7751;a in Mathur&#257; who invariably spoke ill of the Vai&#7779;&#7751;avas. That was his worst habit. He was a proud scholar and a wicked man, so the inhabitants of Mathur&#257; feared him.<br \/>\nOnce he spoke harshly about the Vai&#7779;&#7751;avas in front of &#346;r&#299; Advaita Prabhu.<br \/>\nAdvaita became so furious that His lips began to tremble and His eyes grew red. He shouted at the br&#257;hma&#7751;a,<br \/>\n&lsquo;O wicked man, today you will not escape from Me. I shall sever your head from your body with this cakra.&rsquo;<br \/>\nAdvaita assumed a four-armed figure, and the br&#257;hma&#7751;a began to tremble in fear. He folded his hands and tried to pacify Advaita by saying,<br \/>\n&lsquo;O Lord, punish me as You like. Unfortunately, I have lost my good intelligence, and not understanding vai&#7779;&#7751;ava-tattva, I have committed unlimited sins. Please be kind to me and save me from these sins.&rsquo;<br \/>\nThe br&#257;hma&#7751;a began to cry helplessly, and Advaita concealed his four-armed form. Seeing the wretched condition of the br&#257;hma&#7751;a, Advaita felt pity for him and decided to bless him. Advaita spoke in sweet words,<br \/>\n&lsquo;The sins which you have committed will send you to hell, <br \/>\nbut I will tell you what you must do now. Admit your guilty mentality, give up all pleasures, and engage yourself in n&#257;ma-sa&ntilde;k&#299;rtana. Serve the Vai&#7779;&#7751;avas with your heart and soul and be very cautious in your dealings with them. Engage yourself in worship according to the standards of pure devotion and do not tell anyone what you have seen today.&lsquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-58175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112416,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58175\/revisions\/112416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}