SrI:
Dear Ubhaya VedAntha SampradhAyins :
Today was an auspicous day ! The SrI BhAshya
KaalakshEpam
classes of SrImAn RaajagOpaala Bhattar and the
Prabhandham classes
by SrI Varada Bhattar comenced at the SRI
RanganAtha Temple .
THESE CLASSES WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW BETWEEN 4 AND
6 P.M;
EVERY WEEK END ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY, THE
SERIES
WILL CONTINUE AT THE SAME TIME .PLEASE REFER TO
THE TELEBRIDGE NUMBER AND PASSWORD BELOW .
THEY ARE THE SAME AS of TODAY.PLEASE JOIN AND INVITE
YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO JOIN AS WELL . IT IS A RARE
OPPORTUNITY.
The Brahma SoothrAs by BadarAyaNa
( VyAsa BhagavAn)
and its commentary along the lines of BodhAyana
Vrutthi were
not handled in Their entirety by Swamy Naatha Muni
and His grandson
Swamy AaLavanthAr. The reason has been given that
the crucial
BodhAyana Vrutthi was not available to both of them
SINCE it was
located at far away Kashmir , where access to it
was jealously guarded
at the Sarasvathi temple. In fulfilment of the vow
that AchArya
RaaamAnujA made to Swamy AaLavanthAr after
His ascent
to Parama Padham , AchArya RaamAnujaa
made the trip to
Kashmir with KurEsar and in the limited time he was
allowed to
access the BodhAyana vrutthi , he imprinted the
content in
His mind and wrote the SrI BhAshyam . AchArya
RaamAnuja
followed a very ancient and authoritative tradition
of commentary
that inclued Tanka , Dhramida BhAshyakAra ,
BodhAyana in
particular .
BodhAyana 's vritthi is considered very close in
time to BaadarAyaNa ,
BodhAyana was sepearated in time from SoothrakArar BadarAyaNa
(Sage VyAsaa) by only one AchArya in between.Thus it was important
for any serious commentator to be
familiar with BodhAyana Vritthi to write
an authoritative commentary on Brahma/BaadharAyaNa SoothrAs.
Goddess Saraswathi recognized the brilliance of AchArya RaamAnujA's
commentary and named it appropriately as "SrI
BhAshyam " .
For most of us not having the familiarity with the
noble Sanskrit
language , and SaasthrAs like MeemAmsam ( Poorva
and Utthara
MeemAmsam forming one integral unit ) , VyAkaraNam
and
the VaishNava Aaagamams , it is a grand opportunity
to learn
SrI BhAshyam from one like Sri RaajagOpAla
Bhattar , who
has been trained in the roigorous traditions of
AhObila Matam
Schools at MadhurAnthakam founded by HH the 42nd
Jeeyar
InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar ) in 1942.
We had an illuminating session today with the
introductions to
the two MangaLa slOkams of SrI BhAshyam . The
pravachana
sakthi of Srimad U.Ve.RaajagOpAla Bhattar is fully
evident in
the first class today. This is a taste
of the feast that is yet to
be enjoyed by us.
SrI RaajagOpAla Bhattar was followed by SrI Varada
Bhattar of
ThiruviNnagar , who had santhai on selected dhivya
Prabhandhams,
SrI Varada Bhattar is a PoorNAdhyAyi of Dhivya
Prabhandham and
Yajur Vedam besides being an expert
PurOhithar.
We at SrI RanganAtha Temple are fortunate to have
these outstanding
Bhatars in our midst to perform AarAdhanam for
Lord RanganAthA
daily. Please visit the temple and also join in the
KaalashEpams and
Santhai classes every weekend .
NamO SrI RanganAthAya ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
SadagOpan
Vice Chairman , SrI RanganAthA Temple , Pomona ,
N.Y
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