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 > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something > new. > > > Click here > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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