[Advaita-l] Dr. Maheswaran's criticism of BellamKonda Ramaraya Kavi's view of antaryami brahmana

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Subbu ji
That was a nice psychological analysis by you!

Incidentally, As far as I know the
“Shankara-Ashankara Bhashya Vimarshah of Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi“

And Bhagavad Gītā Bhashyarka prakashika commentary by Sri Bellamkonda
Ramaraya Kavi are free of even any such nuanced criticism.

In fact anyone who in interested in knowing the mistakes is Ramanuja’s Sri
Bhashya will benefit from
Sri Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi‘s critique of Ramanujacharya’s
interpretations particularly of the Gītā. That saves us the trouble of
studying the full Sri Bhashya.

What I wrote above is intended only for those who already appreciate Śrī
Śaṅkara as having presented a self-evident and logically incontrovertible
unfoldment of the mahāvākyas.

Because the truth of Advaita as presented by sāmpradāyavit ācāryas is an a
priori or aparoxa truth and cannot be contradicted by any logic or *unseen*
once understood.

Om
Raghav

On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 at 12:45 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> Dr. Maheswaran (M), in his inaugural class of the 'Advaitānyamata
> khanḍanam', a work of Bellamkonda Rāmarāya Kavi, gives a short introduction
> about the author, his works and particularly this text that he is taking up
> for an exposition over several classes. The highlights of his introduction
> in this video:
>
> https://youtu.be/DCcSshC5DUg?si=Z5IJsa2Yt-dfXVRO
>
> 1. The text can't be regarded as a 'prauḍha grantha' (= not of a very high
> order).
> 2. The purpose of this exposition by M is* only to inform the interested
> about the defects in the non-Advaitic doctrines. * The book serves that
> purpose.
>
> One can hear that introduction up to 9.30 minutes in the video.
>
> It's quite natural that when someone of a sampradaya crosses over to a
> rival sampradaya, the adherents of the former feel piqued. When the
> defector is subjected to criticism by the host sampradaya, that brings a
> sort of pleasure to those piqued.
>
> There are instances across all sampradayas where disagreements are
> expressed even between co-adherents.
>
> warm regards
> subbu
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM Krishna Kashyap via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > An interesting video, shared by Vishvas, features Dr. Maheswaran (a
> > disciple of Mani Dravid Shastri) offering a critical assessment of
> > Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi's interpretation of the Antaryāmi Brāhmaṇa.
> > Maheswaran argues that Bellamkonda's exegesis deviates from established
> > Advaita siddhānta. While acknowledging Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi's
> literary
> > prowess and contributions, Maheswaran contends that his commentary does
> not
> > fully align with traditional Advaita sampradāya hermeneutics
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuk_MzYj6YQ&t=452s
> >
> > Just the first 10 minutes of this video give a clear view.
> >
> > Such interpretive deviations likely account for why scholars representing
> > alternative Vedāntic traditions do not place Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi's
> > compositions on par with definitive Advaitic works like the
> Advaita-siddhi
> > and other foundational texts of comparable stature within the sampradāya.
> >
> > *Best Regards,*
> >
> > *Krishna Kashyap*
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