Swami answers the questions by Shri Bharath Krishna

1. Can You please tell me why did Lord Shiva come to You in purple and dark-blue color?

[Shri Bharath Krishna asked: Padanamskaram Swami, during a recent online satsang Dr. JSR Prasad sir explained the 84th sloka of Dattatreyam. In that sloka's meaning, the following paragraph is there.

"The wonderful purple and dark-blue radiance emitting from the God (Siva Datta) is dancing in the streets of my looks". Swami, Lord Siva's body color is usually white right? Can You please tell me why Lord Siva came to You in purple and dark-blue color Swami? Thank You for answering my question Swami.]

Swami replied:- God Shiva is white and He is associated with both God Brahma and God Vishnu, who are red and blue. The mixture of all these three colours becomes purple. He is already white and the word ‘Niilalohita’ (means blue and red) indicates that He is associated with God Brahma and God Vishnu also. Every divine form of these three Gods is containing Datta inside and hence, every God is associated with the other two Gods.

2. People say ‘why did God give me such a life, which I didn't ask for’. Please comment on this.

[Padanamskaram Swami, Many people do many wrong deeds (sins) and suffer a lot. Since they don't know that what they have been doing was sins, they can't understand why all those sufferings came to them and they might ask the following question, "why did God gave me such a life, I didn't ask for it?" Before meeting You, I too have asked such a question. I also remember You saying in one discourse that no one deserves a Human birth in this Kali age. It is only due to God's grace that all of us got this infinitely valuable Human Birth.

Swami, I feel that every one must have got a Human birth only because they begged You (God) for it. Am I correct Swami? In that case, no one has a right to ask God a question like the one I mentioned above right? Thank You for answering my question Swami.]

Swami replied:- It is similar to a prisoner saying that why he was given the life of a prisoner. Such statement indicates his ignorance and foolishness. He has forgotten the crimes done by him previously due to which only he was put in the prison.

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