[Advaita-l] Bhakti and Jnana

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Rajaramji,
>
>
> Subrahmanianji would reply to you. However would you not like to quote the
> Sanskrit verse(s) with reference where Madhusudana Saraswati said as you
> are reporting? Why depend on Nelson's translation alone. The forum has
> people who know Sanskrit.
>
> Rajaram: I thought that as a scholar of Madhusudana that you claim to be
> to the extent that that you were able to say (of course without any
> evidence whatsoever) that Madhusudana did not understand advaita in the
> begiining, you would know these passages (not verses). Also, I felt it is
> easier to write in English in an English list. Anyway, please refer BR 1
> Sec XI. You are free to find faults in Prof. Nelson's translation.


"nanu brahmaviyAtiriktave bhakteh svargAdivan niratisayapurasArthatvam na
syAT iticenna, svargAder niyatadesakAlasarIrendriyAdibhogyatvena
sarvatropabhoktum asakyatvAt
kshayitvapAratantraryalakshanaduhkhadvayAnuviddatvena niratisayatvAbhAve
'pi bhaktisukhadArAyAssarvadesakAlasarIrendryAdisAdhAranyena
brahmavidyAphalavad upabhoktum sakyatvAt
kshayitvapAratantryalakshanaduhkhadvayAnuvedhAbhAvena niratisayopatteh"

I took pains to type this and hope my mails dont go to trash as you earlier
mentioned :)