[Advaita-l] gItA bhaashhya sudhaa bindavaH - 27

[V Subrahmanian]

Namaste Sri Ramakrishna ji,

It is owing to your keen interest in the Bhagavadgita Bhashya and in the
cause of making the 'sudhAbindu-s' available to the saadhaka community that
you took the pains to collect the original Telugu compilation, match them
with the standard English translation and present the collection to this
forum on an instalment basis.

I especially recall that afternoon when you showed me that voluminous Telugu
Book and read out portions of the 'sudhA bindu-s' at the sannidhi of Sri
Sureshwaracharya at Sringeri which marked the genesis of this presentation.


I request you to make available the entire file in pdf form after you make
the collection error-free and have it uploaded in the website of this List.
This collection is a very useful mananam tool for it gives the reader in one
place a bird's eye view of the entire GitaashAstra.

अद्वैतामृतवर्षिणीं  भगवतीं अष्टादशाध्यायिनीम् ।
अम्ब त्वां अनुसन्दधामि भगवद्गीते भवद्वेषिणीम् ।।

Best regards,
subrahmanian.v

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Ramakrishna Upadrasta <
uramakrishna at gmail.com> wrote:

> OM shrii gurubhyo namaH
> Namaste,
>
> We conclude the series.
>
> 70. mithyaatve.api upaayasya upeyasatyatayaa satyatvameva syaat.h\,
> yathaa arthavaadaanaaM vidhisheshhaaNaam.h\; loke.api
> balonmattaadiinaaM paya{}aadau paayayitavye
> chuuDaavardhanaadivachanam.h | prakaaraantarasthaanaaM cha saaxaadeva
> vaa praamaaNyaM siddham.h praagaatmaj~naanaat.h
> dehaabhimaananimittapratyaxaadipraamaaNyavat.h || 18.66 ||
>
>
> ##Although the means be unreal (in itself), still it may be meaningful
> in relation to the truth of the purpose it serves, as are the
> eulogistic sentences (arthavaada) occurring along with injunctions.
> Even in the world, when it becomes necessary to make a child or a
> lunatic drink milk etc. it is said that it will help growth of hair
> etc! Before the dawn of Knowledge, the (ritualistic) Vedic texts
> concerned with a different situation (The situation obtaining before
> the dawn of Self-knowledge) are also as valid in themselves as are
> direct perception etc. occurring due to Self-identification with the
> body etc.##
>
> (Concluded.)
>
> Thanks to Mahamahopadhyaya Shri Pullela SriRamachandrudu Garu for the
> excellent translation, along with the selections, and special thanks
> to Shri Subbu-ji for the encouragement.
>
> shrii gurucharaNAravindamastu
> bhava sha~nkara deshika me sharaNaM
> Ramakrishna
>
>