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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
vidadhト》i kト[ト], 723 etc., all go to prove that Iナ孥ara is seen
in jトォvas in his entirety and eternality though the jトォvas are
many. This sufficiently establishes the fact that in His
gnト]a svarナォpa, He is one in all the jivas (though they
are) quite separate from each other and Himself absolutely
separate from them. This is the chief reason for the
separate existence of each in different forms. This
is what those well versed in the knowledge of the real
nature of ト》man (ト》ma yト》hト》mya) hold as a settled fact.*24
723 Katha Upa., II. 18.
724 Cf. Jayatirtha in his Nyaya Sudha, I. 1. 1 (Nirnaya Sagara
edition, page 18), dealing with mukti, after postulating that
mukti is possible only through the grace of Hari, says that mere.
gnト]a without a settled knowledge of Hari cannot help one to attain
mナ耕sha ; that mナ耕sha is the result of Hari's grace; and that Hari's
grace is subject to atma yト》hト》mya gnana. He then observes :-Atma-
yト》hト》mya gnト]ト〕anト》mani sarirト‥ト」ト》matvト〉ナ膏ト sati hi tadanukテシla
pratikナォlayナ冴ク� rト“advト都hau bhavata盧� tト|hayト prayukta盧� punyapト}a
laksha盪ト[ pravruttimテ、chinute tatascha sura nara tiryagト‥i nanト-
yナ肱ishu navina sarirendriyadi samyナ紅a lakshanam janmasya bhavati.
[If there is no knowledge of the exact atma yト》hト》mya svarナォpa,
then it results in raga and dresha, and these two latter lead to
commission of sin and subsequently end in birth and rebirth among.
the human and inferior (tiryagyナ肯) species.] Then Tikト…hト〉ya
writes: Tasmachcha du盧・khト]ubhava ityanadirayam kト〉yakト〉a盪a-
pravト”a盧� samsト〉a tyuchyate Atma tallva gnト]ト…hcha agnana
viparyayau nivartト鍍ト | Tattvagnト]asya samト]ト《raya vishayト“nト]a
mithyト“nト]a nivartana svト|havyat | Suktikト tattva gnト]asya tadagnト]a
rajatト〉ナ膏a mvartakatva darsanat | Mithyト“nト]anivrittau cha rト“a
dvト都hト]udaya盧� kト〉a盪ト|hト」ト》 1 Tayナ荒abhave cha na pravrutter
utpatti盧� tata ト貢a prト〔 upachitト【トナ嫩hナ冴ケュabhナ紅ト渡a prakshaya盧・| Pra-
vruttyabhト」ト田ha janmト]tarト|hト」ナ hト鍍vabhト」ト‥ト砺a vartamト]a ナ拌rトォrト-
dト都cha ト〉ambhakakshayト sati nivrutti盧� | Janmト|hト」ト cha na nirbトォ-
jasya du盧・khasyナ衡pada ityト砺am atyantiki du盧・khanivruttir mukti盧�.
(And this ends in involving himself in the rotatory series of
births and rebirths which is signified by the flow of samsara. And
therefore in order to free himself from such a flow of the bondage
of life, ト》ma tattvagnana is the only means- -to remove him out of this
illusion of ignorance. And this atmatattvagnana has the natural
power of removing him out of the hold of agnana and mithyト“nト]a.
Then, he will have been delivered from the ignorance which made
him to imagine rajata in sukti. Thus ignorance being lost, he will

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