Essay name: Srikara Bhashya (commentary)
Author: C. Hayavadana Rao
The Srikara Bhashya, authored by Sripati Panditacharya in the 15th century, presents a comprehensive commentary on the Vedanta-Sutras of Badarayana (also known as the Brahmasutra). These pages represent the introduction portion of the publication by C. Hayavadana Rao.
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INTRODUCTION
pr膩峁嚺� manassarv膿ndriy膩峁噄cha | 481 Vidy膩vidy膿 墨sat膿 yastu
s艒nya岣� Pradh膩na ksh膿tragnapatirgu峁噀艣a岣� 452 | I艣膩nassar-
vavidy膩n膩m | 453 iti || 454 etc., and hundreds of other Sruti
texts speak of Param膩tman and the prapancha in the form
niyamya and niy膩maka in a reconciliatory manner and as
establishing the doctrine of dvaitadvaita. And also the
text 455 Isanassarvavidy膩nam, etc., and hundreds of other
similar texts also declare the above view.
Nor can it be the seventh. The text Sraddh膩 bhakti
dhy膩na y艒g膩dav膿hi 1456 Gn膩na nirmathan膩bhy膩s膩t p膩艣am
dahati pandita岣idy膩nch膩vidy膩ncha yastad v膿d艒bhayam
saha 1157 T膿na Brahmavit punyakrichcha Saty膿na labdha
stapas膩 hyesha 膩tm膩 samyaggn膩n膿na brahmachary膿峁嘺
nityam | 拢58 iti, etc., and hundreds of other similar texts
declare that Parama艣iva can be realized in the Advaita
form only after following dhyana and dh膩ra峁嘺 practices,
according to the dvaita karm膩nush峁環膩na, which is the
only way for such realization, as the fruit of it. 459
451 Mund. Upa., II. 1. 3.
452 Sv膿ta. Upa., VI. 16.
458 Mah艒pa., X. 21.
454 Know that M膩ya is Prakriti and that Mah膿艣vara is Mayin.
Out of his body has resulted this whole universe which pervades
everywhere. From him has been created pra峁嘺 and all the limbs
of the body. Also out of him, pr膩峁嘺, manas and other sensory
organs have taken their origin. Vidya and avidya are subordinate to
Isa, who is quite free and unconnected and is called anva岣�. I艣vara
is also the Ksh膿tragna and the Lord who sees into the characteristics
of all.
455 Mah艒pa., X. 21.
458 Kaivalya Upa.
457 Isa. Upa., 11.
458 Mund. Upa., III. 1. 5.
459 Know that fraddh膩 and bhakti can be obtained only through
the practice of meditation in the form of Yoga. The wise can get.
their bondage burnt to ashes only through that correct knowledge
got out of the process of churning known as the practice (of medita-
tion). Both vidy膩 and avidy膩 must be understood along with it
(dhy膩na y艒ga), for then only they (the wise) will have understood
Brahman by their virtue, because this 膩tman can be realized only by
virtue and by a thorough knowledge through Brahmacharya practice
followed continuously.
