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**JonnTEN** · 08-24-2012, 12:34 AM

Look at this simile. The praises from the worshipper to Indra flow spontaneously and in plenty. Like the stream going down a declivity, they rush sppedily.
प्र-वत: न ऊर्मि: गिर: ब्रह्माणि नि-युत: धवन्ते | // RV_6,47.14 //

We all know that life is a mixed bag of pleasures and pains. They come alternately. As Thiruvalluvar says, what follows grief is not the same. Who knows the ways of the God? He degrades some and exalts others. At one time he gives pleasures. At the next he gives pains.

Every religion speaks of it. The bible says, “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

The Quran says “O Allah, You give sovereignty to whomever You will and You take it back from whomever You will. You exalt whomever You will, and You abase whomever You will.”

Our own Tamil poem வெற்றிவேற்கை says,

குடைநிழலிருந்து குஞ்சரம் ஊர்ந்தோர் நடை மெலிந்து ஓரூர் நண்ணினும் நண்ணுவர்
அறத்திடு பிச்சை கூவி இரப்போர் அற்றைப் பொழுதே அரசாளினும் ஆளுவர்

RV describes this alternate changes of fortune with a simple but effective simile.

क: ईम् स्तवत् क: पृणात् क: यजाते यत् उग्रम् इत् मघ-वा विश्वहा अवेत् |
पादौ इव प्र-हरन् अन्यम्-अन्यम् कृणोति पूर्वम् अपरम् शचीभि: // RV_6,47.15 //

Who can adequately praise, satisfy, worship you, Indra? As the back foot goes forward and the front is made the follower, you make people remain in front or back.

08-24-2012, 12:34 AM	#9
JonnTEN Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 472 Senior Member	Look at this simile. The praises from the worshipper to Indra flow spontaneously and in plenty. Like the stream going down a declivity, they rush sppedily. प्र-वत: न ऊर्मि: गिर: ब्रह्माणि नि-युत: धवन्ते \| // RV_6,47.14 // We all know that life is a mixed bag of pleasures and pains. They come alternately. As Thiruvalluvar says, what follows grief is not the same. Who knows the ways of the God? He degrades some and exalts others. At one time he gives pleasures. At the next he gives pains. Every religion speaks of it. The bible says, “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” The Quran says “O Allah, You give sovereignty to whomever You will and You take it back from whomever You will. You exalt whomever You will, and You abase whomever You will.” Our own Tamil poem வெற்றிவேற்கை says, குடைநிழலிருந்து குஞ்சரம் ஊர்ந்தோர் நடை மெலிந்து ஓரூர் நண்ணினும் நண்ணுவர் அறத்திடு பிச்சை கூவி இரப்போர் அற்றைப் பொழுதே அரசாளினும் ஆளுவர் RV describes this alternate changes of fortune with a simple but effective simile. क: ईम् स्तवत् क: पृणात् क: यजाते यत् उग्रम् इत् मघ-वा विश्वहा अवेत् \| पादौ इव प्र-हरन् अन्यम्-अन्यम् कृणोति पूर्वम् अपरम् शचीभि: // RV_6,47.15 // Who can adequately praise, satisfy, worship you, Indra? As the back foot goes forward and the front is made the follower, you make people remain in front or back.
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