[Advaita-l] Books on Bhagawatam

[Sarma KV]

At that stage Narada advised him to write the Bhagavatam so that it should
be intelligible to all and he promptly  listened to Narada's advice. It is
pity that Sridhara swami found that more elucidation of Bhagavatam is
required.

It is true to Sri Vedavyasa wrote Srimat Bhagavatam for laymen and women.
But, it doesn't mean that it doesn't need elucidation. Mahabharatam
involves lot of *dharma vichikitsa* for which reason it is called 5th
vEdam. However, bhagavatam involves bhakti by enumerating incomparable
vibhUti-s and leela-s. Listening to them, one gets to contemplate on the
Lord and develop bhakti. This approach helps people whose premise is faith
rather than inquiry - like women and Shudra-s (of the original
varNa-aaSrama vyavastha, obviously; today's 'laywomen' and laymen not
capable of even that). Again, it need not be told again that bhakti is only
for them. It is for all.

-Sarma

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> With all respects to the great Shridhara swami for the trouble he had
> taken to write the commentary on the Bhagavatam but at the same time I feel
> sad for Vedavyasa as it appears that he failed in his mission. According to
> the Padma purana Vedavyasa wrote the Mahabharata for the layman and woman
> and at the end of it he was sad as he found that the Mahabharata did not
> become as easy as necessary  for the intended readers to understand it
> fully.
>
> At that stage Narada advised him to write the Bhagavatam so that it should
> be intelligible to all and he promptly  listened to Narada's advice. It is
> pity that Sridhara swami found that more elucidation of Bhagavatam is
> required. Again with without any disregard for Sridhara swami I admit that
> I found the Bhagavatam (the original text translated toBengali) very
> enjoyable to read  and in my childhood I used to read that to my
> grandmother, who found reading somewhat hard in her old age.
>
> Regards,
> Sunil KB
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
> To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Books on Bhagawatam
>
> On Sun, 27 May 2012, durga prasad wrote:
>
> >
> > I am looking for the following books translated in Telugu or English or
> Hindi :
> >
> > 1. SrIdhara swamI - "BhAvArtha-dIpikA" -- commentary on Bhagawatam.
> >
>
> Unfortunately it seems that even the sanskrit editions of this tika are
> long out of print.  The Tirupati Devasthana is in the process of publishing
> an edition of the Bhagavata purana with the bhavartha dipika along with
> other vishistadvaita, dvaita etc. tikas but it will be some time before it
> is complete and in any case it will be Sanskrit only.
>
> > 2. Dongreeji Maharaj's Bhagawatam.
> >
>
> I was going to reply to you that as far as I knew Dongre Maharaj's
> bhagavata expositions were only available in Gujarati but then I came
> across this:
>
> http://jainbookagency.com/newdetails.aspx?id=81185
>
> I have not seen the book so I don't know if it is a translation or an
> original work (Dongre Maharaj knew English, Marathi, and Hindi as well as
> Gujarati and Sanskrit.) nor can I vouch for its quality.
>
> On Mon, 28 May 2012, Venkata sriram P wrote:
>
> > As regards the commentary by Shri Dongreji, i am not aware of any of his
> > writings. There is another Dongreji by name Shri Vireshwara Krishna
> > Dongre Ji who was a pu. mimAmsa scholar and AFAIK he was a mimAmsaka and
> > never tried his hands on puranas.
>
> No this Dongre Maharaj (Ramachandra Shastri Dongre) was different.  He was
> born in Vadodara (Baroda) Gujarat of Chitpavana Brahmana stock. (The
> Gaekwad Maharajas were Marathas so there is a sizable Marathi population
> there.)   He became one of the most popular and beloved Bhagavata Kathakars
> of the 20th century in Gujarat and his writings are widely available
> wherever Gujarati speakers can be found.  He reached Vaikuntha in 1990.
>
>
> -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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