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astrANyaneka rUpANi yad arAtishu mu’ncati ||
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(vishNu purANa 5.22.14)
“For the Lord of the world Who was diverting Himself with the activities of
the human beings it was mere play to discharge different kinds of weapons
against His enemies”.
SrI ananta kRshNa SAstry gives the support from bhagavad gItA 10.31:
pavanah pavatAm asmi rAmah Sastra-bhRtAm aham |
jhashANAm makaraS-cAsmi srotasAm asmi jAhnavI ||
“Of moving things, I am the wind.
Of those who bear weapons, I am rAma.
Of fishes, I am makara, and of rivers, I am ga’ngA”.
(gItA10.31)
SrI cinmayAnanda points out that bhagavAn is the “Best” among those Who
wield weapons, because He uses them to bring about “constructive
destruction”, as opposed to other weapon-wielders who bring
about“destructive destruction”. His words are: “The Lord never uses His
weapon of annihilation indiscriminately – for He is ever just. It is also
significant that all destructions in nature are always ‘constructive
destructions’; therefore, the Lord’s Discus is itself called ‘the auspicious
vision’ – su-darSana. In the maturity of one’s evolution when one becomes fit
for one’s own inner unfoldment, slowly but irresistibly, the seeker can ever
detect a secret hand that diligently cuts off all this connections with the
outer world, and compels him to lean more and more on the higher. Our
purANic literature is replete with instances, and, without exception, in all of
them SrI nArAyaNa is described as using His weapon to destroy the devilish –
and to give him moksha! – “the auspicious vision” – su-darSana. Others, when
they employ their weapons of destruction, the result invariably ends in a sad
“destructive destruction”,and therefore, to invoke Him as the “the best among
those who wield weapons” is most significant for a seeker.”