Essay name: Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study)
Author:
Gururaj K. Nippani
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies in English the Yuktimallika by Vadiraja. The Dvaita Vedanta system, developed by Madhva, has played a significant role in Indian philosophy, with scholars like Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha contributing deeply logical and critical works. Vadiraja's "Yuktimallika" stands out as a unique synthesis of scholarly argumentation and accessible explanation, aiding both scholars and general readers.
Critical exposition (1) Gunasaurabha
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release will also be-come Mithya.
This leads to the
absence of Bandha and Moksa.
Both Mokṣasadhana and Sukha-
boktrtva also become Mithya. Then the state of Mukti would
be nominal and for only name sake,
Thus, if Jīvaikya is related then it appears attribut-
ing Baddhatva and Muktatva to Brahman and entire Jagat
becomes Mithya. But the Śruti conveys that the entire world
of Jiva and Jada is under the control of Lord.
742 In this way the Advaita-interpretation of this Śruti
1 is irrelevant and contradictory to valid perception.
It is
· also against the Brahmasutras. Badarayana has shown the
way of interpreting the scriptural statements wherein there
appears contradiction as in Mrdabravit, Apo'bruvan and the
like.
742A
Here neither the clay nor the water can speak
but it is the presiding deities of clay and water that speak.
Thus, relevant to the context and to the valid perception,
the śrutis are to be interpreted.
conduct.
to
The
The expression of Atmaikya is against the very code and
It is neither pleasing nor a real one. Pauṇḍrak
Vasudeva was severely punished since he declared that he was
743 the Lord. It was neither pleasing nor a real one,
entities that are ever distinct like the cloth and the soap
cannot be identical. So the expressive meaning of the Śruti
since sublated, should not be accepted as the real meaning.
