[Advaita-l] [advaitin] A thrilling tribute to the Guru - A short speech in Sanskrit

[Dev Babu]

Thank you millions Sri Venkatraghavan ji
Namo Namaha

On Wed, 4 Aug 2021, 5:18 pm Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> This is a beautiful talk. Especially in the mahAgaNapati vAkyArtha
> recording they have posted in there, Mahasannidhanam quotes a verse from
> the nyAyArakshAmaNi by appayya dIkshitendra.
>
> नालीकासनमीश्वरश्शिखरिणां तत्कन्धरोत्थायिनो गन्धर्वाः पुनरेतदध्वचरिते चक्रे
> तदुद्धारकः।
> पत्री तत्प्रभुवैरिणां परिवृढो जीवा च यस्याभवत् तस्यान्तेवसतां रिपुक्षयविधौ
> देवाय तस्मै नमः॥
>
> The verse and Mahasannidhanam's explanation of the same are a delight.
> There are three instances of the pronoun तत् occurring in the verse, where
> each instance refers to a noun, but the object denoted by the pronoun is
> different to the object denoted by the noun.
>
> As I was curious, I went back to the Nyayarakshamani to see the context in
> which the shloka is mentioned by dIkshitendra.
>
> In the AnandamayAdhikaraNam, the discussion is whether in the context of
> talking of the Anandamaya Atma, if Brahman is the main teaching or if it is
> taught as a part of the Anandamaya.
> There, it is established that Brahman is the main teaching, and the
> sentence ब्रह्म पुच्छं प्रतिष्ठा does not convey that Brahman is taught as
> a part of the Anandamaya, for the purpose of upAsana.
>
> In the first sUtra आनन्दमयोऽभ्यासात्, the word आनन्दमयः is interpreted by
> lakshaNA to mean Brahman which is referred to in the sentence, ब्रह्म
> पुच्छं प्रतिष्ठा in the context of Anandamaya Atma.
>
> Later, there is another sUtra in the same adhikaraNam, तद्धेतुव्यपदेशात्
> where the sUtrakAra provided another upapatti, reason, for Brahman to be
> the main teaching - The teaching इदं सर्वमसृजत यदिदं किंच occuring in the
> same location, also proves how Brahman is the main teaching because it is
> taught to be the cause for all this, including the Anandamaya. Because
> Brahman is taught to be the cause of the Anandamaya (तत्), it is the main
> teaching here says the sUtra, not as a part of the Anandamaya.
>
> Here, an objection is raised. In the first sUtra of the adhikaraNam, the
> noun आनन्दमयः was interpreted by lakshaNa to mean "Brahman which is
> referred to in the brahma pucCham pratiShThA sentence occuring in the
> context of the teaching of Anandamaya Atma".
>
> How can the pronoun तत् occuring in तद्धेतुव्यपदेशात्, which refers to the
> noun आनन्दमयः of the sUtra, refer to the primary meaning of the word as
> Anandamaya, when the noun was interpreted by lakshaNA to mean Brahman?
>
> To which, appayya dIkshitendra uses this shloka to show how even if the
> pronoun refers to the noun, there is no rule to say that the object denoted
> by the noun and pronoun have to be the same.
>
> Om tat sat.
>
> Kind regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
> On Mon, 2 Aug 2021, 16:25 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > HH Sri Sannidhanam on the exalting comprehensive skills of his Guru:
> >
> >
> > https://youtu.be/XPnlLiwwP8I
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