Efforts of the Almighty
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Secret language in unfinished Tagore novel (5)
Made fun of free style clue in 1Down (9)
Testing an elector's patience (9)
Passage budding from love for boy in '70s Bollywood movie (5) Regularly filtering info, basic data compiled has repetitive errors (8)
Shopping deal ends during month in Amazon, say (6)
Ready tea cakes and bread (7)
Multiple images from East of USSR at a variance (7)
Second book released by gambling site (7)
Woman grabbing warm blanket (7)
Trick disheartened model, taking everything (5)
Lost American girl (5)
Assignment work? Essentially, it goes overhead often (9) Line inbetween bull and African antelope (4)
Seize authoritatively, before Knight does? (10)
Extremely useful article about radius (relating to a bone) (5) Place entertaining late comers? (9)
The old criminal strayed in the past (9)
Dingo's evil action (10)
Camera feature for a narcissist? (9)
Australian city’s unfriendly spirit, per Spooner (4,5)
Reckon copper kidnapped by cold mobster's dead (9) Animal chiselled in Ashoka pillar (5)
Reportedly plotted to shoot (5)
Follow tennis? Sure from time to time (5)
Major sporting event put up without access to podium (4)
Solution to previous puzzle
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku
God undertakes various efforts to retrieve us from the sea of samsara. Sri Muralidhara Swamigal said in a discourse that Azhwars have called Him as a farmer of devotion. Like farmers resorting to one technique or another, He tries to adopt various ways to elevate us.
First, He introduced the Vedas, which deal with matters like the eternal world, good deeds, sinful deeds, births, moksha, and other philosophical contents. If we gather rainwater directly, it will be crystal clear and uncontaminated. It may be contaminated if we collect it through any other medium, such as pipes. Vedas are directly from God and, hence, very pure.
Like a king promulgating orders, the Vedas prescribe specific rules, such as Satyam Vada, Dharmam Chara: speak the truth and follow righteousness. Hence, it is called Raja Samhitha.
It is also called ‘Aamnaayam,’ which denotes deriving knowledge through the blessings of gurus. God has taught the Vedas to Brahma, the God of creation.
Next, Vedantha Vichara raises four points — Acceptance of God; How to reach Him; Whether a person is qualified for the same; What is the ultimate benefit?
In the next stage, He transcended as Lord Rama and Krishna and mingled with people, hiding His supremacy.