The great poet Melpathur ( 1559 - 1632 ) likened this Universe to a Kathakali Drama
This Universe is a big Drama
With Night as the Curtain
The Lamp is the resplendent Sun,
The mighty constellations sidereal
Witnesses of this drama divine !
The drums are Karma
Tendencies (Vasanas ) the songs
With these instruments
The Lord plays with Himself !
The Lord has to play with Himself, since He is defined as One without a second. If there is a second Infinite, will it not make the first Infinite finite ? So He is rightly defined as One without a second ( Ekam Eva Adviteeyam ).
Himself the play, Himself the player, Himself the playground !
" We may regard it and realise it as Leela ( play ), with things perpetually young, eternally inexhaustible, creating and recreating Himself in Himself for the sheer Bliss of the self creation, Himself the play, Himself the player, Himself the playground " ( Aurobindo )
Ya krutva vishwarangam
Rajani yavanikam
Projvalal Bhanu deepam
Shasval santhushta sat prekshaka akhila jagath
Branti Natyam Vithanya
Karmagauschanda Margangika laya vasagan
vasana ganasakthan
Jeeva Chathran Mukunda Svayamabhi ramathe
Kreedayam swosthu bhoothyai
This Universe is a big Drama
With Night as the Curtain
The Lamp is the resplendent Sun,
The mighty constellations sidereal
Witnesses of this drama divine !
The drums are Karma
Tendencies (Vasanas ) the songs
With these instruments
The Lord plays with Himself !
The Lord has to play with Himself, since He is defined as One without a second. If there is a second Infinite, will it not make the first Infinite finite ? So He is rightly defined as One without a second ( Ekam Eva Adviteeyam ).
Himself the play, Himself the player, Himself the playground !
" We may regard it and realise it as Leela ( play ), with things perpetually young, eternally inexhaustible, creating and recreating Himself in Himself for the sheer Bliss of the self creation, Himself the play, Himself the player, Himself the playground " ( Aurobindo )
Ya krutva vishwarangam
Rajani yavanikam
Projvalal Bhanu deepam
Shasval santhushta sat prekshaka akhila jagath
Branti Natyam Vithanya
Karmagauschanda Margangika laya vasagan
vasana ganasakthan
Jeeva Chathran Mukunda Svayamabhi ramathe
Kreedayam swosthu bhoothyai
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