[Advaita-l] bhaktas in advaita tradition

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 01:58:56 CDT 2011


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Ramanan Subramanian <ramanan82 at gmail.com>wrote:

> We can also name Suresvaracarya and Sarvajnatman: Though we do not know of
> independent hymns composed by these two Acharyas, highest reverence for
> Vishnu as Saguna Brahman is found in their major works: Brihadaranyaka
> Bhashya Varttika and Naishkarmya Siddhi in the case of Suresvara and
> Sanksepa Sariraka in the case of Sarvajnatman.
>
> Shri Shankara himself stresses (BSBh, BhGBh) that devotion to Ishvara and
> his grace are indispensable for a Mumukshu.
>

We can recall the opening verse of the 4th chapter (अलातशान्तिप्रकरणम्) of
the GaudapAdakArikA:

ज्ञानेनाऽऽकाशकल्पेन धर्मान्यो गगनोपमान् |
ज्ञेयाभिन्नेन सम्बुद्धस्तं *वन्दे द्विपदां वरम्* ||१||

For the words of the fourth quarter of the above verse Shankara comments:

// *अयमेवेश्वरो यो नारायणाख्यस्तं वन्देऽभिवादये द्विपदां वरं
द्विपदोपलक्षितानां पुरुषाणां वरं प्रधानं पुरुषोत्तममित्यभिप्रायः
।*उपदेष्टृनमस्कारमुखेन ज्ञानज्ञेयज्ञातृभेदरहितं परमार्थदर्शनमिह
प्रकरणे
प्रतिपिपादयिषितं प्रतिपक्षप्रतिषेधद्वारेण प्रतिज्ञातं भवति  । ।१ । ।//

Anandagiri, in the commentary to the above writes:

//आचार्यो हि पुरा बदरिकाश्रमे नरनारायणाधिष्ठिते नारायणं भगवन्तमभिप्रेत्य तपो
महदतप्यत । ततो भगवानतिप्रसन्नस्तस्मै विद्यां प्रादादिति प्रसिद्धं
परमगुरुत्वं परमेश्वरस्येते भावः । //
From the above we understand that Gaudapada had performed intense penance at
Badarikashrama and Lord Narayana, pleased with the tapas, blessed Gaudapada
with Knowledge.

Regards,
subrahmanian.v


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