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Desika's hymn 

GOPALA VIMSATI ? With Word Meaning, Sanskrit and
Manipravala Commentaries, Tamil and English
Explanations by V. N. Vedantadesikan: Pub. by Srimad
Andavan Poundarikapuram Swamy Ashramam, 43-A/13,
Ashram Salai, Srirangam-620006. Rs. 50. 

THIS BOOK is one of the 29 hymns of Vedanta Desika,
the greatest poet-philosopher of the Srivaishnava
tradition. It is in praise of Lord Krishna in 21
beautiful verses. Desika in his own style has mixed
the religious and philosophical ideas in his hymns
which would be rather difficult to understand without
a commentary. 

There are several commentaries by many authors in
various languages and in different scripts. Making all
the commentaries available at one place with an
English translation to a modern reader is the icing on
the cake. V. N. Vedantadesikan has undertaken the task
of compiling all the available commentaries on Vedanta
Desika's Stotras with an English commentary. 

The present work, Gopala Vimsati, is the second in
this series, after Desika's Bhagavad Dhyanasopana.
Parallels and comparisons are drawn from the Vedas and
the Puranas in the commentary. For instance in the
commentary on verse 13, the Bhagavata Purana is quoted
and on the next, a verse from Desika's play "Sankalpa
Suryodaya" is quoted. 

The author has given the philosophical concepts in a
lucid language so that it is easy for beginners to
follow. For this he deserves praise. This will be an
asset for connoisseurs of literature in general and
also for traditional scholars. 


S. PADMANABHAN 
http://www.hindu.com/br/2004/10/12/stories/2004101200061400.htm





        
                
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