Tag Bhagavad gita

Why Offer Betel Leaves Nut Fruits in Temples

It represents the Female principle, The Potent and Latent One(Prakruthi, loosely translated as Nature )

Nuts represent Experience , the taste a mixture of sweet and bitterness....

Another explanation is Saiva Siddhanta postulates Three Fundamental Entities.

Pasu(பசு ), Pathi ( பதி) and Paasam ( பாசம்)

Here Pathi is Siva in Saiva Siddhanta, (corresponds to Brahman),Pasu (Jivatman) and Paasam(Bondage)

Once the chain in transcended one becomes the One of which he is a part(rather he reverts to the Original State)

Was Lord Krishna Born to Devaki?

So I started checking Srimad Bhagavatham which describes the birth of Lord Krishna in detail.

To my surprise I found that Lord Krishna was not born to Devaki as mortals would from the Womb for He is Ayonijan(One who does not stay in the Womb)