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Vishnu Goes To Sleep Shayani/Aashad Ekadasi

Hindu Gods do not sleep.

Only when these Gods manifest, to follow Human Norms they perform activities of Man.

What this means is that Vishnu enters His Yoga Nidra.

Looks asleep yet completely with Pure Consciousness.

Lord Vishnu the Para Brahma Swarpa, how can He sleep?

Many translate this Yoga Nidra as ari thuyil, using the soft 'R' Itayinam.

It should be the vallinam , R aRi thuyil.

The former means Vishnu's Sleep, while the later, which is correct, means , Sleeping with Awareness.

To achieve auspiciousness(Shiva), which is a state of Desire less State Kama has to be eradicated or burnt.

The impure things can be eliminated or destroyed by the following Natural Forces.

1.Water.

2.Air(Wind) and

3.Fire.

What can not be got ridden by water is removed by Wind and that which can not be destroyed by Water and Wind is destroyed by Fire.

Fire or Agni is the Ultimate Sustainer, Purifier and Destroyer.

The day of Holi, which heralds the arrival of Spring in India,is symbolic of this.

Legend has it that Lord Shiva burnt Kama, the Lord of Lust with His Third Eye.

The Third eye in Hinduism represents Wisdom or the opening of Real Knowledge.

Holi is the celebration of Auspiciousness and removal of Desires and the heralding of Contentment and Happiness.