[Advaita-l] Vedanta in Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar kritis

[V Subrahmanian]

Extracts from an article by N.Seshan for the guruguha gana vidyalaya.
Bases of Advaita:

The entire article is interesting.

https://www.oocities.org/guruguha_update/advaita.htm

An extract:

This method of leaving one part of the direct meaning of each of the words
"He" and "This" is known as 'bhAgatyAga lakshaNa' or
'jagadajagallakshanam'. This entire concept is succinctly explained by
Dikshitar through the words 'jagadajagallakshaNyA jIvaikyAtmano' in the
Kriti Guru Guhad Anyam (Balahamsa)
whereby he praises the Lord as representing the oneness of Jiva in Himself
on the basis of 'Jahadajahallakshana'. Similarly the other Mahavakya 'ahaM
brahmAsmi' (I am Brahman) is expressed by
Dikshitar in quite a few Kritis.

In the Kamalamba Navavarna Kriti in Sankarabarnam he sings "By the
grace-filled glances of Sri Kamalamba,
I am the Brahman that is Truth. Knowledge, Bliss". Similar passages occur
in the kritis 'Anandesvarena Samrakshitoham' and Sri Guruhasya Daso-ham'. In
the latter kriti he says "I am the Dasa of Guruguha or rather I am
Guruguha".