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Explaination of the word "Umapati" in Narasimha Tapniye Upanishad

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              prayers I Offer salutation to my Dear Maa Janaki,Whom I adore the most. She is the Very cause of all causes, the Supreme shakti Who prevades Throughout millions of creation. May the dearest one Bless this post of mine. The Supreme being is Narayana alone After properly going through all the authentic Vedic Granths like Vedas, Epics, Upanishads,Vishnu Puran, Bhagwatam, Pancharatras and so on, an unbiased And Neutral reader will find, that The Supreme Being, who is sung Throughout these Shastras, is none other Than Lord Sriman Nārāyana alone. In this context, Maharīshī ved vyas has written : सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यंउद्ध्र्त्य भुजमुच्यते | वेदशास्त्रत्परं नास्ति न दैवं केशावत् परं || "Raising up my arms, I declare on oath  that there is no scriptural textg reater than the Veda, and no deity superior to kesava . Again and again, this true, is true, is true." (Source :  Harivamsa parva chapter , mahabharata ) Then again, in the very be...

The supreme being of vedas : God Vishnu

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The Purusha of vedas is Lord Vishnu as explained  Here  and the Word Nārāyana, be it in vedas, epics or Purans, all denote God Vishnu alone as explained  In this post . So in this one, we will look at some verses from Vedas to Understand more about God Vishnu's position in Vedas. The Lord mentions in The Bhagwat geeta : sarvasya chāhaṁ hṛidi sanniviṣhṭo mattaḥ smṛitir jñānam apohanaṁ cha vedaiśh cha sarvair aham eva vedyo vedānta-kṛid veda-vid eva chāham “I am seated in the hearts of all living beings, and from Me come memory, knowledge, as well as forgetfulness.  I alone am to be known by all the Vedas  , am the author of the Vedānt, and the knower of the meaning of the Vedas.”  (15.15) Which is confirmed again confirmed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya in his Vīshnū sahasrnam bhasya. Moreover,  At most of the places in Rig veda, Indra is Not Devraj, but The Supreme Eternal parambrahma Nārāyana Harī keshava.  In this Context, sri Shankrā quotes a verse ...

Who is Narayana?

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The vedas declare the supreme being by the name of "Purusha" and the identity of the Purusha has been explained   Here, as Lord Vishnu . Now the supreme being Is denoted by another name "Narayana".   Through this post, we will Explore more about The supreme being Narayana. Sri Adi Shankaracharya in 4.1 of Sri Gaudapada karika writes : ज्ञेयैर्धर्मैरात्मभिरभिन्नम् अग्न्युष्णवत् सवितृप्रकाशवच्च यत् ज्ञानम् , तेन ज्ञेयाभिन्नेन ज्ञानेन आकाशकल्पेन ज्ञेयात्मस्वरूपाव्यतिरिक्तेन, गगनोपमान्धर्मान्यः सम्बुद्धः सम्बुद्धवान्नित्यमेव ईश्वरो यो नारायणाख्यः, तं वन्दे अभिवादये । द्विपदां वरं द्विपदोपलक्षितानां पुरुषाणां वरं प्रधानम् , पुरुषोत्तममित्यभिप्रायः । “I bow to that God, known as Nārāyaṇa, who byknowledge,non-different from the nature of Ātman (the object of knowledge) and which resembles Ākāśa, knew the Dharmas which, again, may be compared to Ākāśa. The import of the words ‘Dvipadām Varam’(Supreme among the bipeds), is that Nārāyaṇa is the greatest of all men, characte...