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Re: Vishnua and Shiva
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Subject: Re: Vishnua and Shiva
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From: jai@mantra.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
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Date: 5 Dec 1995 20:59:47 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 636 of soc.religion.hindu
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu, alt.hindu
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Organization: Mantra Corporation, USA
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References: <48oblh$c5m@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <49ip19$6ft@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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Reply-To: Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai@mantra.com>
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Xref: news.ece.uc.edu!babbage.ece.uc.edu soc.religion.hindu:636 alt.hindu:3734
In the article <49ip19$6ft@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
of 29 Nov 1995 23:06:17 UTC,
susarla.krishna@studentserver1.swmed.edu (Hari Krishna Susarla)
wrote:
> ye 'py anya-devataa-bhaktaa yajante s'raddhayaanvitaaH
> te 'pi maam eva kaunteya yajanty avidhi-puurvakam
>
> "Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with
> faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kunti, but they do so
> in a wrong way." (Gita 9.32)
Is the above from the ISKCON version of our Bhagavad Geeta, with
words such as "other," "only" and "wrong" added?
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan translates 9.32 as:
"For those who take refuge in Me, O Paartha (Arjuna), though they
are lowly born, women, vaishyas (merchants or traders), as well as
shoodras (workers) -- they also attain to the highest goal --"
Dr. Ramanand Prasad has translated the same verse like this:
"Anybody, including women, merchants, laborers, and the evil-minded
can attain the supreme goal by just surrendering unto My will (with
loving devotion), O Arjuna. (See also 18.66) (9.32)"
while translating 18.66 as:
"Setting aside all noble deeds, just surrender completely to the
will of God (with firm faith and loving contemplation). I shall
liberate you from all sins (or bonds of Karma). Do not grieve.
(18.66)"
According to Swami Chidbhavananda:
"For those who take refuge in Me, O Partha, though they be of
inferior birth -- women, vaishyas and shoodras -- even they attain
the supreme goal." IX.32"
And, in Franklin Edgerton's translaton one finds:
"IX.32
"For if they take refuge in Me,son of Partha,
Even those who may be of base origin,
Women, men of the artisan caste, and serfs too,
Even they go to the highest goal."
Jai Maharaj <jai@mantra.com> *-=Om Shanti=-*
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