Essay name: Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati
Author:
Lance Edward Nelson
Affiliation: McMaster University / Religious Studies
This is a study and English translation of the Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati (16th century)鈥攐ne of the greatest and most vigorous exponents of Advaita after Shankara-Acharya who was also a great devotee of Krishna. The Bhaktirasayana attempts to merge non-dualist metaphysics with the ecstatic devotion of the Bhagavata Purana, by asserting that Bhakti is the highest goal of life and by arguinng that Bhakti embodies God within the devotee's mind.
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NOTES: CHAPTER TWO 394 32 BSSB 2.2.1 (Th I, 365-367); 2.1.34 (Th I, 357-
359); 3.2.38-41 (Th I, 180-183). See Otto, pp. 124-126.
33 sy膩t parame艣varasy膩p墨cch膩va艣膩n m膩y膩maya峁� r奴pam
s膩dhak膩nugrahartham, BSSB 1.1.20; SHS I, 112.
34 sa ca bhagav膩n j帽膩nai艣varya艣aktibalav墨ryatejobhi岣�
sad膩 sampannas trigu峁嚹乼mik膩m vai峁ａ箛avim sv膩m m膩y膩m
mulaprakrti峁� va艣ik峁泃y膩jo 'vayo bh奴t膩n膩m 墨艣varo
nitya艣uddhabuddhamuktasvabhavo 'pi san svam膩y膩y膩 dehav膩n iva
jata iva lok膩nugraha峁� kurvan lak峁ate, SGB, intro; Pan, 4-5.
35yat t膩vad ucyate yo 'sau N膩r膩ya峁嘺岣� paro 'vyakt膩t
prasiddha岣� param膩tm膩 sarv膩tm膩 sa 膩tman膩tm膩nam anekadh膩
vy奴hy膩vasthita iti, tan na nir膩kriyate
yad api tasya
bhagavato 'bhigaman膩di-lak峁nam 膩r膩dhanam ajasram ananya-
cittatay膩bhipreyate, tad api na prati艣idhyate, quoted and
translated by Hacker, "Relations of Early Advaitins," p.
151.
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鈥�
361svaras tatra h峁沝ayapun岣峚r墨ke nic膩yyo dra峁ａ弓avya
upadi艣yate yatha salagrame Harih. tatr膩sya buddhi-vij帽anam
gr膩hakam. sarvagato 'p墨艣varas tatropasyamana岣� pras墨dati,
quoted and translated by Hacker, "Relations of Early
Advaitins, p. 149.
See Hacker's comments on this and the
previous quotation, pp. 149-152.
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37 See G. A. Jacob, ed., The Ved膩ntas膩ra of Sadananda
(Bombay: Tuk膩r膩m J膩vaj墨, 1894), pp. vii-ix; Hacker,
"Relations of Early Advaitins, p. 151; Otto, p. 127;
Mayeda, "The Authenticity of the Bhagavadg墨t膩bh膩峁a, PP.
183-185; Panikkar, Unknown Christ, pp. 112, 114. Mayeda,
for example, lists some 15 instances of this kind of usage
in the SGB alone.
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38 In this connection it is interesting that
Sankara's frequent use of the word isvara, in comparison
with that of later Advaitins, including his disciples, is
one of the criteria proposed by Hacker and Mayeda to
identify which of the many works attributed to him are
genuine (Mayeda, "Authenticity of the Bhagavadg墨t膩bh膩峁a,
p. 183; Potter, Advaita, p. 115).
Text: tadevam
1 39 BSSB 2.1.14; Th I, pp. 329-330.
avidy膩tmakop膩diparicched膩pek峁m evesvarasye艣varatvam
sarvaj帽atvam sarva艣aktitvam ca na param膩rthato vidyay膩
p膩stasarvop膩dhisvar奴pe 盲tman墨sitr墨艣itavyasarvaj帽atv膩di-
vyavahara upapadyate / . evan paramarthavasth膩y膩m
sarvavyavah膩r膩bh膩va峁� vadanti vedant膩岣� sarve, SHS I, 405.
40 Sankara develops this analogy at BSSB 2.1.14; Th
I, p. 329.
