Essay name: Sankalpa Suryodaya of Venkatanatha (Critical Study)
Author:
R. Laxmi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This is an English study of the Sankalpa Suryodaya鈥攁n allegorical Sanskrit drama by Venkatanatha, a distinguished philosopher-poet and dramatist of the Vishishtadvaita Vedanta tradition. This work of Venkata-natha (or, Vedanta Deshika). stands out for integrating allegory to convey moral and philosophical truths. The thesis examines its place in Sanskrit literature.
Chapter 5 - Philosophical doctrines
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sky (in maintaining this doctrine) they have to phase contradictions, which, far from
being unreal, are stronger than even the Vindhya mountains. They are therefore, to
be classed among the heralds who sing the praise of monarchs born of barren
women. 10
But the truth is that all Pram膩峁嘺s like Pratyaka峁 etc. subject the things
which possess distinguishing features. Therefore the application of Nirvise峁tva to
Brahman becomes opposed to all Pram膩峁嘺s. And all the things in the world have
one or the other quality by which they can be distinguished from one another. This
is the experience of one and all. Hence there cannot be a thing which is Nirvise峁.
Therefore Brahman who is full of auspicious qualities and who is free from all
blemishes should be accepted as worthy of worship, is accepted at first by these
disputants, who (afterwards) deny all attributes and qualities in Brahman. If this is
the only course left open to us from the nature of case, the contention, arising from
the desire to maintain the theory of a Brahman free from all distinguishing features
and qualities which is opposed to all Pram膩峁嘺s like sense-perception is impossible
of being sustained". 11
Besides, the Advaitins try to create an additional and unique Mok峁 to the
released Soul who is eternal and is characterised in his essential nature by an
absence of distinguishing features. In doing so, he will surely be able to create a
new sweetness to the taste of the honery in the flower seen in a dream.12
There is a story that, when a man came to house for alms the daughter-in-
law told him that he could not be given any. The mother-in-law felt hurt that
daughter-in-law should have presumed to do so. So she called the man back and
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啶啶曕啶むじ啷嵿く啶ㄠた啶む啶ぎ啶掂た啶多た啶粪啶熰い啶ㄠ啶班お啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶啶曕啶むた啶� 啶啶班啶侧啶く啶苦い啷佮ぎ啶距い啷嵿い啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶班く啶ㄠ啶む 啷�
啶膏啶掂お啷嵿え啶啶班じ啷傕え啶啶班え啷嵿う啶班じ啶膏啶� 啶え啷嵿く啷� 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶︵啶む啶掂ぎ啶ㄠ啶う啷佮お啶ぞ啶︵く啶苦い啷佮 啶曕啶粪ぎ啷囙い 啷�
[avidy膩m膩h膩tmy膩danahamidamarthe jagadida峁� g峁涐箛antyete bh膩ta峁� gagana iva gandharvanagaram |
avandhyairvy膩gh膩tairatipatitavindhyapra岣峢imabhirnibandhy膩ste vandhy膩sutan峁沺ativait膩likaga峁噀 ||
nidhy膩yantvanam奴yava岣� 艣ubhagu峁嘺峁� nirdo峁m膩r膩dhyamityadhv膩 vi艣vavi艣e峁 艣奴nyakathakairapy膩dita岣� sv墨k峁泃a岣� |
yadyarthasthitiretadeka艣ara峁嚹� sapratyav膩yo bhavatyadhyak峁Ｄ乨iviruddha nirgu峁嘺katha nirv膩hagarv膩hava岣� ||
muktasyanityamavi艣i峁ａ弓atanorap奴rva峁� mukti峁� prakalpayitum膩ttavic膩rayanta岣� |
svapnapras奴namakarandarasasya manye sv膩dutvamanyadupap膩dayitu峁� k峁meta ||
] S.S. II - 90, p-314
S.S. II 91, p-315-16
S.S. II - 92, p-319
