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Dear Bhagavatas:

The view expressed by Sri Parthiban Ragahavachari is partly correct. It is Mahabharata that is recognized as the 5th Veda and there is no dispute about this.

Nammazhwar is known as "Vedam Tamizh seitha Maaran". It is he brought the essnce of the 4 Vedas in his 4 Prabandams. When these were lost to the world, it was Sriman Nathamuni who documented having assimilated them from Swami Nammazhwar in a trance. This tradition continued for some time and again faced a period of decadence during and after the period of Bhagavad Ramanuja.

All the 9 works of Ramanuja are in Sanskrit though they faithfully reflected the philosphy contained in the Prabandams which in turn were themselves the replica of the philosophy of the Vedas.Obcviously, this was because of the intolerance of the people in his times of whatever was not in the Deva Baasha of Sanskrit.

Some orthodox people objected to the recital of Divya Prabanam in Sri Rangam temple on the grounds that
- they included the works of Non-Brahmin Azhwars
- written in Dravida Baasha and
- Tiruvoimozhi in particular dealt with "Kama" that was taboo for them. Swami Desika argued with them and convinced them that - the holy collects were equal to Vedas since they contained all that were in the Vedas, - that since they were in praise of the Lord, the language doid not matter and - that the "Kaama" spoken of was nothing but absolute devotion to the Lord. He reinstituted the practice of "Adhyayana Utsava", the ceremonial honoring of the Azhwars at Srirangam (Not Tirumalai as made out by Sri Parthiban).

Again, it was not Swami Desika who first recognized the equality of Vedas and Prabandas, though it was he who convincingly argued and established this as mentioned in the above incident.
Dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy









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