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Dear Sri Jagan :

Sriman Sarangan has given a wonderful
and detailed reply to your question with
lot of PramANams . One more that might be of interest is 
our daily recited Veda Mantram :

" Tadh VishNO; Paramam Padham sadhA Pasyanthy Sooraya:" 

V.Sadagopan 



-- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Shreyas Sarangan" <sarangan@...> 
wrote:
>
> 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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