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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
 
The topic itself will be puzzling for many. Bhagavat geetha is famous and it is 
available today in almost all languages of the world. Bhagavat geetha finds its 
greatness (as shown in its very name) ?svayam padmanAbhasya mukamAseeth? it has 
come out from the divine mouth of padmanabhan, emperuman Sri Krishnan. Geetha 
appears in the great itihasam, mahAbharatham, which is celebrated by mahA 
jnanis as ?bharatham panchamO vEda:? Why do we consider the vedas and dharma 
sastras as main pramanams to substantiate oursampradayam? It is because perumal 
himself declares ?sruthi smrithi mamai vAgyA?. Then is there any doubt in 
considering bhagavat geetha that has been given by emperuman himself directly 
has the mukya pramanam? Emperuman, Sri Krishnan due to his divine grace has 
showered this mahA sastram toall of us in order to make us understand the 
essence of the Upanishads in a simplified manner. ?vEdEshu powrusham sooktham; 
dharma sAstrEshu mAnavam; bhArathE bhagavat geetha;
purAnEshu cha vaishnavam? this verse shows the greatness of bhagavat geetha. 
Among the vedas the purusha sooktham has its own merit; among the dharmasAstras 
manu dharma sastram reserves its special place; in mahAbharathambhagavat geetha 
is the essence; and among the puranas Vishnu puranam has aspecial place.  
 
Nammazhvar adorns emperuman as ?neriyellAm eduththuraiththa nirai jnanaththoru 
moorthi?. Who is that ?nirai jnanaththoru moorthi?? He is none other than our 
dear Parthasarathi, geethacharyan who blessed us with the great sastram, 
bhagavat geetha. Further another rishi clearly states the greatness of geetha 
as follows,
?sarvOpanishadhO gAvO thOkthA gOpAla nandhana:
pArthO vatsa: sudheer bhOkthA duktham geethAmrutham mahath?
[All the Upanishads are personified as cows; the person who takes care of the 
cows is the gopalan, Krishnan; the calf here is arjuna; the cow secretesmilk 
for the calf but does the calf alone enjoy the milk? No all of us drink the 
cow?s milk and enjoy. Similarly the milk here is the geetha sastram that was 
extracted from the cow, the Upanishads. Though it appeared for the purpose of 
clearing arjuna?s worries still it is enjoyed by each one of us today.]
 
Anyone can say the greatness in many number of ways but there is one azhvarwho 
establishes his thoughts in the strongest way that after his words there can 
arise no doubt. That one azhvar is none other than our ?vuraiyilidAdhavar? 
bhakthisArar, Sri thirumazhisai pirAn. See how azhvar puts forth the greatness 
of bhagavat geetha,
?sEyan aniyan siriyan migapperiyan
Ayan tvarai kOnAi nindra-mAyan andru
Odhiya vAkkadhanai kallAr vulagaththil 
A-dhilarAm mei jnAnamil? (nan. ThiruvandhAdhi-71)
[We will enjoy the vyakhyanam to this paasuram in our nanmugan thiruvandhAdhi 
series]
 
Thereby we have now seen the greatness of this geetha sastram to an extent.The 
greatness has actually be realized by emperuman only after giving allthe arthas 
to arjuna and that is why he regrets a little bit at the end and advices arjuna 
atleast to be careful before delivering the aforesaid arthas to anyone who do 
not have interest in it or to those who do not have bhakthi towards emperuman 
and the acharya who is preaching him the same.
 
?edham tu thE nAdhabhaskAya nAbhakthAya kadAchana I
na chAsussrooshavE vAchyam na cha mAm yObbyasooyathi II?
 
In this posting we have seen about the first part of our topic. In the next 
posting we will see about the next half and then proceed to see how thesetwo 
sastras are linked to each other.
 
Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
 
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
 


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