[Advaita-l] Atirudra Sathachandi MahaYagna Sarva Shaka Sammelana Mahotsavam Monday, July 16 to Sunday, July 22, 2018

[Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan]

I am a little bit confused here. So taking this and the previous reference,
what is bhAskara's opinion?

Rama

2018-06-12 1:06 GMT-04:00 Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:

> namaskArAH SrI-SrIrAma-mahodaya,​
>
> Thanks for the reference. After some search online to find the exact
> shloka, I found it under २७८ which goes so:
> श्रीमन्त्रराजं यो वेत्ति श्रीचक्रं यः समर्चति।
> यः कीर्तयति नामानि तं सत्पात्रं विदुर्बिधा॥ २७८॥
>
> In my understanding, that there are gradations in sAdhakas is mentioned in
> the commentary under this फलश्रुति out of which who has all three
> qualifications is considered as a सत्पात्र for दान। That is the context of
> gradations, as to who is the best fit to be given anna, vastra, dhana,
> dhAnya as per earlier shloka 277. Else, bhAskararAya wouldn't say in the
> end "अभावत्रयवांस्तु नैव पात्रमिति विवेकः" after giving details of
> differences among those qualified.
>
> The entire bhAShya reads so, for benefit of others (emphasis mine):
>
> मन्त्रराजं श्रीविद्याम् । अत्र **त्रयाणां समुच्चये सत्पात्रतां,
> अन्यतमाभावे **तारतम्यं त्रयाणामप्यभावे पात्रत्वभावश्चेति** न्यायत एव
> सिद्धयति। तदयं निष्कर्षः *सम्प्रदानतावन्छेदकानामेषां *त्रयाणां विशेषणानां
> मध्ये एकैकविशेषणकास्त्रयो द्विद्विविशेषणका अपि त्रयस्त्रिविशेषणक
> एकस्त्रयाभाववानन्य इत्यष्टविधा ब्राह्मणाः प्रस्ताररीत्या भासन्ते यद्यपि
> तथापि चक्रराजार्चकत्वस्य मन्त्रराजवेत्तृत्वव्याप्यत्वेन तन्मन्त्रविशेषणको न
> संभाव्यते । अत एव च मन्त्रेतरविशेषणद्वयमात्रकोऽपि खपृष्पमेव । तेन
> षाड्विध्यमेव ब्राह्मणानाम् । तेषु त्रिगुणक उत्तमः दुिगुणकौ मध्यमौ । तयोरपि
> मध्ये मन्त्रवेत्तृत्वचक्रार्चकत्वरूपगुणद्वयशालीनमपेक्ष्य
> मन्त्रवेत्तृत्वनामकीर्तनरूपगुणद्वयशाली श्रेष्ठः, एकगुणकौ कनिष्ठौ । तयोरपि
> मध्ये मन्त्रवेदनमात्रगुणको वरीयान् । नामकीर्तनमात्रगूणकः कनिष्ठतरः ।
> मन्त्रराहित्ये नामकीर्तनेऽधिकाराभावेनाधिकारिनिष्ठस्य गुणस्यापि
> शूद्राधीतवेदवाक्यन्यायेनाप्रयोजकत्वात्। अभावत्रयवांस्तु नैव पात्रमिति
> विवेकः
> । २७८ ।।
>
> ​gurupAdukAbhyAm
> ,
> --Praveen R. Bhat
> /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
> That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:28 PM Venkata sriram P <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in
> >
> wrote:
>
> > मन्त्रराहित्ये नामकीर्तनेऽधिकाराभावेनाधिकारिनिष्ठस्य गुणस्यापि
> > शूद्राधीतवेदवाक्यन्यायेन अप्रयोजकत्वात् .........
> > for commentary on 44th shloka of uttara-pIThika.
> >
> > rgs,
> > sriram
> > --------------------------------------------
> > On Mon, 11/6/18, Praveen R. Bhat <bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Atirudra Sathachandi MahaYagna Sarva Shaka
> > Sammelana Mahotsavam Monday, July 16 to Sunday, July 22, 2018
> >  To: "Venkata sriram P" <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>, "Advaita-l" <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> >  Date: Monday, 11 June, 2018, 1:47 PM
> >
> >  Looking up further,
> >  is the reference to upodghAta shloka 15:
> >  न शठाय
> >  न दुष्टाय नाविश्वासाय
> >  कर्हिचित्।श्रीमातृभक्तियुक्ताय
> >  श्रीविद्याराजचेदिने॥१५॥
> >  followed by the
> >  comment so? न केवलं
> >  भक्तिमात्रमधिकारितावच्छेदकमिति
> >  द्योतनाय
> >  विशेषणद्वयम्।
> >  विद्याराजः पञ्चदशी
> >  तद्वेदनं
> >  गुरुमुखादुपदेशः।
> >  Kind rgds,
> >  --Praveen R. Bhat
> >  /* येनेदं
> >  सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन
> >  विजानीयात्। Through what should one know That
> >  owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15]
> >  */
> >
> >
> >  On Mon, Jun
> >  11, 2018 at 7:05 PM Praveen R. Bhat <bhatpraveen at gmail.com>
> >  wrote:
> >  Namaste
> >  Sriram-mahodaya,
> >  On Mon, Jun 11, 2018
> >  at 3:46 PM Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> >  wrote:
> >  Don't
> >  know how Lalitha Sahasranama Archana is performed without
> >  being initiated into shrIvidya.
> >
> >
> >
> >  Bhaskararaya Makhin has strictly prohibited the LS parayana
> >  in his commentary 'saubhAgya-bhAskaraM'.
> >  ​
> >
> >  I was
> >  unaware of this prohibition by bhAskararAya. Could you
> >  kindly point to the section in LS commentary where this is
> >  mentioned? To clarify, this is not to question that such a
> >  prohibition exists, but to myself understand the context
> >  better, since we Havyakas do chant in our own sampradAya
> >  without shrIvidyA initiation. There are some orthodox maThas
> >  that proactively teach such chanting in abhiyAnas and
> >  promote pArAyaNa too.
> >  Thanks,
> >  --Praveen
> >  R. Bhat
> >  /* येनेदं
> >  सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन
> >  विजानीयात्। Through what should one know That
> >  owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15]
> >  */
> >
> >
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