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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individual soul whom surrenders unto him for protection. And through the grace of
the preceptor, his path of realisation becomes unobstructed.
The seeker should always approach such a preceptor who can remove his
ingnorance and shower pure knowledge on him. Therefore individual selves.
seeking knowledge can learn all the truths from such preceptor with care and
attention. Thus the role of preceptor in the life of a seeker is very important. Such
preceptor instructs to his disciple the essence of Upanisadic texts as upheld by
搁腻尘腻苍耻箩补.
This secret doctrine taught in the Upanisads is highlighted by Venka峁璦n膩tha.
The Bhedi 艢ruti texts declare that the three tattvas Cit, Acit and isvara are different
from ane another. But the sacred 艢ruti texts dec are the unity of all these tattvas
and declare that these tattvas are his body or attributes of the Lord. The Supreme
Brahman is the inner ruler and controller of the entire Universe. There is no over
lord for him. This is the purport serene of the sacred texts. 24 This dececive
knowledge of the three tattvas clearly with the help of three Pram膩峁嘺s accepted by
R膩m膩nuja they are Pratyak峁, Anum膩na and Agama.
According to the philosophy of Visi峁ａ弓膩dvaita Jiva's are three fold; i.e.
Baddha, Mukta and Nitya. Also there are three kinds of non-sentient things such as
Prak峁泃i, K膩la and Suddhasattva. Lord N膩r膩ya峁嘺 a one can grant all the four objects.
i.e. Dharma, Artha, K膩ma and Mok峁. Just as all rivers meet in the ocean, all
beneficient streams of Vedic texts have the eternal and natural substratum i.e. the
Supreme Being.
In the philosophy and religion of Visi峁ａ弓膩dvaita the place of god Garu岣峚, the
king of the birds is remarkable for he is ever eager to bring Lord N膩r膩ya峁嘺 with great
speed to the houses of those who have surrendered themselves to Him. Ved膩nt
De艣ika makes it clear that Garuda who is ever at the sevice of the Lord, is adorned
24.
啶た啶ム 啶啶︵ 啶むい啷嵿い啷嵿さ啷囙し啷嵿さ啶た啶侧お啶むた 啶啶︵ざ啷嵿ぐ啷佮い啶苦ぐ啶む 啶掂た啶多た啶粪啶熰啶曕啶ぞ啶︵啶曕啶ざ啷嵿ぐ啷佮い啶苦ぐ啶た 啶� 啶膏ぞ啶班啶ムぞ 啶啶掂い啷� 啷�
啶囙ぎ啶距さ啶班啶ム 啶椸啶啶む啶� 啶ㄠた啶栢た啶侧啶椸う啶ㄠ啶むぐ啷嵿く啶く啶苦い啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶多 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿ぎ啷�啶多 啶多啶班啶むた啶た啶班お啶班ぞ啶た啶� 啶啶班ぃ啶苦う啶о 啷�
[mitho bheda峁� tattve峁abhilapati bheda艣rutirato vi艣i峁ａ弓aiky膩daikya艣rutirapi ca s膩rth膩 bhagavat墨 |
im膩varthau goptu峁� nikhilajagadantaryamayit膩 nir墨艣o lak峁墨艣a岣� 艣rutibhirapar膩bhi岣� pra峁噄dadhe ||
] S.S. I 94, p-324
