[Advaita-l] Is Veda Vyasa also known as 'SrikanTha'?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, 8 May 2024, 12:47 am , <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 5 May 2024, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> > At the end of his gloss on Shankara's Gita bhashya, Sri Anandagiri pens a
> > few verses:
> >
> > गीताशास्त्रमहार्णवोत्थममृतं वैकुण्ठकण्ठोद्भवं
> > श्रीकण्ठापरनामवन्मुनिकृतं निष्ठाद्वयद्योतितम् ।
> >
> > The Gita shastra nectar was spoken out by the Lord Vishnu/Krishna and was
> > composed by one who is also called 'Srikantha'. It looks like Veda Vyasa
> is
> > known by this name too.
> >
> > Is there any evidence for this?
>
> I don't think so. Even in the Shaiva puranas, Vedavyasa is an avatar of
> Vishnu Bhagavan only.  There are 108 and 1008 namavalis of Vedavyasa
>
>
> >  Or does the second line mean something else?
>
> Perhaps it can be translated like this?
>
> gItAshAstra = self-explanatory
> maharNava = ocean
> utham = arising from
> amR^itam = amrita
> vaitkuNTha = Vishnu, Krishna
> kaNTha = throat
> udbhavam = originating from
> shrIkaNtha = Shiva, Shankara
> apara = similar to
> nAmavAn = having the name
> muni = sage
> kR^tam = made by
> niShThA = that which is fixed
> dvaya = two
> dyautitam = explained
>
> "The amrita arising from the great ocean of the Gita Shastra was spoken by
> Krishna Bhagavan.  A sage with a name like Shrikantha has explained the
> two paths therein."
>

Yes, this looks very reasonable.

Regards

>
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> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>