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All is Narayana.
and
sa brahmA sa SivaH sendraH sO 'ksharaH paramaH svaraaT
Narayana is Brahma, Siva, Indra, the Imperishable, the
Supreme Independent.
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I would like to make one important correction in this article of yours.Nowhere in
the Vedas the term SIVA was used to refer to Lord Siva.The Term Siva came to be
used to refer to Lord RUDRA only after the advent of Naayanmaars who founded
Sivaism.The term Siva in Vedas was used as a mere word in Sanskrit which means
Auspiciousness and especially in PurushaSuktha the term Siva means One who is
auspicious (refers to Parabrahman Lord NAARAAYANA) in the verse quoted by you.The
Saivaas may similarly claim that the term Naaraayana does not mean LORD Naaraayana
of Vaishnavism and only refers to Lord Siva.But, MAHARSHI PAANINI in his
ASHTAADHYAAYI explains: For (eg:) soorpasya nakaa iti soorpaNkaa meaning One who
has long nails, refers to only SoorpanaNakaa the sister of RaavaNaa and not
anyone.Because from Soorpasya naaka we get Soorpanakaa and Soorpananakaa refers to
anyone having long nails but In SoorpaNakaa we have Na and not na which
specifically refers to the sister of RavaNa.Similarly, Naaraanaam ayanam yasya sah
ithi NaaraayaNah
here it refers to LORD SRIMAN NaaraayaNah because in Naaraanaam ayanam yasya shha
iti Naaraayanah it refers to anyone but in NaarayaNah the letter is Na and not na
which specifically refers to LORD SRIMAN NaaraayaNah.The name NaaraayaNa means ONE
WHO IS IN ALL and IN WHOM EVERYTHING IS.Hence, Maharshi Paanini has clearly
established that LORD NAARAYANA is the Supreme BRAHMAN.
Trust this clarifies.
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan