[Advaita-l] Svarita in RV and YV (was Re: SRI SUKTAM - Meaning)

[Dr D Bharadwaj]

Sri Ramakrishnan,

Namaste
Sorry, there were mistakes in my earlier post. I am reposting it with the
corrections.

You are absolutely right. What is learnt from the right guru,
has been coming down from generations of scholars
who lerant the same way and dedicated themselves to
the practice of this as well as the aspects of the science and art of
traditional recitation. Such a practice, learnt in the right  manner [ i.e.,
according to vidhi], is the final. What is learnt *from the muhka* of the
guru, is the final pramaana in the apaurusheya trdition.

Comparisions with other ways of rendering, which may be 'right' in their own
tradition, is indeed 'meaningless' for the 'practical' purpose of actually
reciting.

May be such a comparitive study may help in the compilation of treatises to
serve some purely intellectual purposes that may, as such, have some passing
value in the present age.


SrIguruBhyOnnamaha
SrIramaNArpaNamastu


sarvE bhavanthu sukhinah
sarvE santhu niraamayaah
sarve bhadrANi pasyanthu
maa kaschit duhkhabhAg bhavEt.



Regards,
Dr. D. Bharadwaj
drdbharadwaj at gmail.com


On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Dr D Bharadwaj <drdbharadwaj at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sri Ramakrishnan,
>
> Namaste
>
> You are absolutely right. What is learnt from the right guru,
> has been coming down from generations of scholars
> who lerant the same way and dedicated themselves to
> the practice of this as well as the aspects of the science and art
> of traditional recitation. Such a practice, learnt in the right manner[
> i.e., according to vidhi], is the final. What is learnt *muhka of the guru
> * is the final pramaana in the trdition.
>
> Comparisions with other ways of rendering, which may be 'right' in their
> own* *tradition, is indeed 'meaningless'
> for the 'practical' purpose of actually reciting.
>
> May be such a discussion will help in the compilation of treatises to
> serve purely intellectual purposes that may,
> as such, have some passing value in the present age.
>
> SrIguruBhyOnnamaha
> SrIramaNArpaNamastu
>