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Sri:
Srimate Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha

Dear Sri Jagan,

Just reading through text of the Purusha Suktam, or any 
other section of Vedas, for that matter will not do enough 
justice to the subject. 

Rishis and Acharyas have aleady done the hard work of 
correct rules of vedic interpetation "lakshanam" for us 
in their commentaries.

Sri Sudarshan is consistent with our Acharyas in mentioning the 
rk "hreeshchatE lakshmeescha patnyow....".

shAstras are replete with pramAnas that identify the Purusha
with Lord Sriman Narayana and none else.

Here are just a few: 

o Sri Nanjiyar (Sri Ranganathamuni, Mukunda-Narayana-dasa) 
in his reputed commentary on the PS, quotes from Rgvidhana 
of Saunaka on the detailed method of worshipping 
Lord Vishnu with the riks of the PS. 

Further, Nanjiyar enlightens us as to how Rk 5 of the PS,

"padOsya vishvA bhUtAni | tripAdasyAmratam divi ||

refers to the 4 vyUhAs of Sriman Naryana - Vasudeva, Sankarshana, 
Pradyumna, and Aniruddha.

The purusha-sukta samhita of the sAkAlya-bramhana from which Nanjiyar 
quotes, expounds the role of Aniruddha (Sriman Narayana) in the 
greatest yagna - PS  and that this is nothing but Atmasamrpanam or 
Prapatti.

Nanjiyar also writes "Adityavarnam purusham vAsudEvam vichintayEt".

Please refer to Sri Nanjiyar commentary for more details. 
Sri UttamUr Swami's commentary on the PS is another treasure.

o  sAma-vidhAna-brAmhaNa of the sAma-Veda,
on the application of the samans of the PS of the Sama-Veda:

"idam vishnuh prakshasya vrshNah, prakAvya mushnE babruvAN iti varAha-
mantyam purushavratE cha aesha vaishnavI nAma samhitA etAm prayunjan 
vishnum prINAti."

o  vAlmIkI rAmAyaNa:
"tEjO mahattayA vA-api samsmArayati pUrusham"
says Sage Agastya in praise of  Rama.

o geethAcharyan in the Bhagavad-Geetha 15th Chapter:
"..athOsmi lokE vEdE cha praThitah purushOttamah"

o Skanda Purana:
"...yaTha purushashabdOyam vAsudEvEvatishtaTE..."

o pAdma-puraANa:
"sarvalOka pratIchya cha purushaha harih |
tam vinA pundarIkaksham ko-anyah purushashabdabhAk ||"

o  Yogavasista describes two forms of Lord Kesava - the infinite as 
in the
Purusha and the minute, as in Dahara Sruti

o  Narasimhapurana:
"prakrtisparsharahityat svAtantryAd-vaibhavAdapi |
sa eva vAsudEvO-yam sAkshAt-purusha uchyatE |
strIprAymitarat-saravam jagad-bramha-purassaram ||

o Apastamba identifies Purusha as Sriman Narayana:
"upAhitam purushEN nArayaNEn uptishTatE"

o  "vedEshu nirjarapate nikhilEsgvadhItam vyAsAdibhirbahumatam tav 
sUktamagryam |
anganyamUni bhavatah suBhAnyadhItE vishvam vibhO janitavanti 
viraNchpUrvam || "
 -sri devayanayaka-panchashat(15)
Oh Lord Devanatha! The PS is found in all four Vedas  and is extolled 
as the foremost of Vedic hymns by the Vyasa and other revered authors 
of the Smritis, Puranaas, abd Itihasas says that these beatiful limbs 
of your yours created the whole Universe, right from Bramha.

o Also refer to Sri N. Krishnamachari Swami's detailed commentary
on "Purushaha" in the Sri VishNu Sahasra nAmam
http://home.comcast.net/~chinnamma/sahasra/sloka02.html#14:puruShah

These are just a few pointers. Hope these help as a starting point.
My sincere apologies for any errors/typos. 

namo veda-purushAya!
sarvamsrIkrishnArpanamasthu,
rAmAnuja-dAsan.
(-Shreyas)


--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "kgjagan21" <kgjagan21@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Dear Sri Sudarshan,
> 
> The richa that you are refering to is NOT found in the 10th 
mandala -
>  90th sukta of the Rig Veda. It is not found in other vedas that 
> house the purusa sukta.
> 
> Rgds,
> 
> Jagan 
> 
> --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sudarshan K Madabushi" 
> <mksudarshan2002@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Towards the end of the sukta passage there is the unmistakable 
> > reference to Vishnu:
> > 
> >        "hreeshchatE lakshmeescha patnyow...."
> > 
> > The Deity of this sukta is hailed as "Lakshmi's spouse!" i.e. 
> Vishnu.
> > 
> > Regds,
> > dAsan,
> > Sudarshan 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, K G Jagannathan <kgjagan21@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear members,
> > >    
> > >   I have been going through various occurences of the purusha 
> > sUkta. I notice that the viRata pUrusha or parama purusha as 
> praised 
> > in the purusha sUkta is not neccesarily grouped under Vishnu.
> > >    
> > >   I do not find direct refernces to Vishnu in the purusha 
sUkta, 
> > in any of it's occurences or recensions.
> > >    
> > >   On what basis then is Vishnu identified as the parama purusha 
> of 
> > the sUkta?
> > >    
> > >   Regards,
> > >    
> > >   Jagan
> > > 
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>









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