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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Furthermore it is glorified that Garu岣峚 can make accessible to the seeker the
spiritual meditaion called Upasanas in the Upanisads. Garu岣峚's Pancak峁ramantra
which has Pra峁嘺va before the word, Pak峁 and Sv膩ha at the end make the
Puru峁rathas fruitified. He has incarnated to fulfill the vow of V膩lakhilyas who
regard fiercely at the insult of the offered to them by Indra. In the P膩ncar膩tra
Agamas, it is declared that the Sann膩ha or equipment and Sankalpa or resolve of
Lord Hari appear as visible manifestation in the form of Garu岣峚 and Sudarsana
cakr膩 respectively.
Garuda is regarded as one of the eternal J墨vas by the Visi峁ａ弓膩dvaints. He is
eternal J墨va because His consciousness is devoid of contraction, in as much as his
activities are never opposed to the will of the Lord. the ancarnations of Garu岣峚 and
other eternal J墨vas like Ananta, Visvaksena etc. are determined by their own will like
the incarnation of the Lord. Moreover, his duties have been fixed from time without
beginning by the eternal will of the Lord. 29
In this manner glory of God Garuda has been proclaimed by Venka峁璦n膩tha.
As has been pointed out before, God Garu岣峚 is identified with Sankar峁峁嘺
form of Supreme Brahman. For favouring the devotees of different religions, Lord
N膩r膩ya峁嘺 dwells in various places of India. As such they are known as holy places.
Such places are rather shrines of different forms of the Supreme Brahman. From
the long past, these places have been recognized as piligrim centres by the
Sr墨vai峁ａ箛avites. The glory of these places is described in such a way that any
reader of this portion of the drama would become a devotee of Lord Vis峁噓. The
places described in the Sankalpas奴ryodaya find their home in the sixth act. Those
are Meru mountain, Kail膩sa, Gandham膩dana mountain, Himalaya mountain,
region of Ganges, Vindhya forest, Ayodhya, Mathura, Saligrama, V膩ra峁嚹乻i,
Sahyadri Mountains, Y膩dav膩cala, N膩r膩ya峁噂iri, Melukote, Malaya mountain, Pandya
29.
啶ㄠた啶む啶ぞ 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶曕う啶距啶苦う啶た 啶啶掂う啶た啶い啶掂た啶班啶︵啶оぞ啶氞ぐ啶｀ぞ啶ぞ啶掂啶� 啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠぐ啶距啷�啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶膏啷嵿啶班す啶苦い啶� 啶呧え啶ㄠ啶む啶班啶∴さ啶苦し啷嵿さ啶掂じ啷囙え啶距う啶 啷�
啶む啶粪ぞ啶ぇ啶苦啶距ぐ啶掂た啶多啶粪ぞ 啶堗ざ啷嵿さ啶班じ啷嵿く 啶ㄠた啶む啶啶氞啶涏ぅ啷堗さ 啶呧え啶距う啶苦い啷嵿さ啷囙え 啶掂啶さ啶膏啶ムた啶むぞ啶� 啷� 啶忇い啷囙し啶距ぎ啶掂い啶距ぐ啶膏啶む 啶啶掂う啶掂い啶距ぐ啶掂い啷� 啶膏啶掂啶氞啶涏く啶� 啷�
[nity膩 n膩ma kad膩cidapi bhagavadabhimataviruddh膩cara峁嚹乥h膩vena j帽膩nar膩j墨vaprasa峁単arahit膩 anantagaru岣峚vi峁avasen膩daya岣� |
te峁Ｄ乵adhik膩ravi艣e峁Ｄ� 墨艣varasya nityecchathaiva an膩ditvena vyavasthit膩岣� | ete峁Ｄ乵avat膩rastu bhagavadavat膩ravat svecchay膩 |
] Yatindramatadipika, p-121
