[Advaita-l] Shri Praudhadevaraya, a king of Vijayanagara, has authroed a vritti on Brahma-sutra.

[V Subrahmanian]

A post from Shri Natraj Maneshinde:


In the Mangalacharana, he invokes Bhagavan Ganapati with the popular verse :

वागीशाद्याः सुमनसः सर्वार्थानामुपक्रमे ।
यं नत्वा कृतकृत्याः स्युस्तं नमामि गजाननं ॥

This verse is actually composed by Bhagavan Sayanacharya which can be found
in the Mangalacharana of his Madhaveeya Vedartha Prakasha, the commentary
on all extant Veda-shakhas.

Praudhadevaraya also invokes Bhagavan Bhavanipati Virupaksha who is
described as the Pratyagatman.

Finally, Bhagavatpada has also been reverently invoked.

यद्भाष्यामृतपानेन जरामरणवर्जितम् ।
पदं याता हि विबुधाः शङ्करं नौमि तं गुरुम् ॥

[ I bow down to Guru Shankara, by drinking whose Bhashya-amruta, the wise
attain the state of immortality]

It is heartening to see the king’s shraddha towards Advaita Sampradaya and
Bhagavatpada.

The book can be downloaded here:

https://archive.org/details/fudh_brahma-sutra-vrtti-of-prauda-devraya-series-no.-136-oriental-research-institute-mysore/page/n13/mode/2up

Om