Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study)
by Sadhu Gyanananddas | 2021 | 123,778 words
This represents an analytical study of the Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam in Light of Swaminarayan Vachanamrut (Vacanamrita). Svami-Narayana incarnated in the village Chapiya (Uttara Pradesdh) on 3 April 1781. His teachings were based on the ancient Indian scriptures and were compiled in a form known as the Vacanamrita. His novel contribution...
Preface
岹 is a unique characteristic of Hinduism. In this way, ī Parabrahman Svāminārāyaṇa incarnated in the village Chapīyā in Uttara ʰś on 3 April 1781 (Caitra Śܰ 9, Samvata 1837). In 1792, at the age of 11 years, he left his home and began a seven-year pilgrimage across India. After 7 years and 11 months, he settled in the modern-day Indian state of Gujarāta 1799. In 1800, he was initiated and took ī 徱ṣ� in the 峾ԲԻ岹 峾ī’s ⲹ. The Guru, 峾ī 峾ԲԻ岹, handed over the helm of the ⲹ and made him his successor in 1802. During his lifetime, Svāminārāyaṇa preached his unique teachings to his followers. Throughout his travels, he explained the principle of becoming ṣaū貹 and offering ܱ to ʳܰṣoٳٲ.
He revealed the existence of the following five eternally distinct ontological entities: ī, īś, , ṣabrahman, and Parabrahman. He did not encounter a single ⲹ that believed in the existence of five eternally distinct entities or the principle of becoming ṣaū貹 and offering bhakti to ʳܰṣoٳٲ. Along with it the form and nature of ṣabrahman, īś as a distinct entity from Brahman and Parabrahman, etc. are the matchless principles found in the history of the Vedanta tradition. Svāminārāyaṇa’s teachings were based on the ancient Indian scriptures and he propagated his principles using direct references from these texts. All his teachings were compiled in his time and preserved in a written form. This compilation is known as the ղ峾ṛt.
In this manner, Svāminārāyaṇa provides a unique, unprecedented contribution to Vedic knowledge. His successors, ṣabrahman Guṇātītānda 峾ī and ū貹 ٲī ѲᲹ, continued this legacy. ū貹 Śٰījī ѲᲹ (Śٰī Yajñapuruṣadāsa, the third successor of Svāminārāyaṇa) had given the name of Svāminārāyaṇa’s teaching as �ṣa ʳܰṣoٳٲ ٲśԲ�. He propagated this ٲśԲ by using terms such as ṣa-ʳܰṣoٳٲ Upāsanā and ṣa-ʳܰṣoٳٲ Գٲ. In addition to conveying the ٲśԲ’s teachings, he also created the mandiras in which he consecrated ūپ of both ʳܰṣoٳٲ and ṣabrahman. Thereafter, ū貹 Yogījī ѲᲹ and Pramukha 峾ī ѲᲹ spread Parabrahman Svāminārāyaṇa’s teaching throughout the world.
In Pramukha 峾ī ѲᲹ’s time, through his blessings, after two hundred years of Svāminārāyaṇa’s time, Bhadreśadāsa a has authored a commentary (ṣy) on the ʰٳԲٰī. Today, Pragaṭa Brahmasvarūp Mahanta 峾ī ѲᲹ is enriching devotees with these 岹śԾ principles. This 岹śԲ is also known as �Svāminārāyaṇa ٲśԲ�. This work is correlating the principles of Svāminārāyaṇa described in the ղ峾ṛt with the Svāminārāyaṇa ṣy.