Vedartha Sangraham Vedartha Sangraham Pravachanam 1

Vedartha Sangraham Pravachanam 1

Day 1 Vedartha Sangraham Summary

First day pravachanam by Sriman.U.Ve.Samudrala Venkata Ranga Ramanujacharya Sawami varu.

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This pravachanam is the explanation of Pradhama Mangala Slokam, Dwitiya Slokam and Swamata Sankshemam(Part-1).

Pra:rthana sloka 1 (Pradhama Mangala Slokam):

“I offer my humble obeisance’s to Vishnu alone, who is the se:shi of the entire chit and achit vastu ja:tam, who reclines on the serpent bed of Ananta Sesha, who is free from any bad he:ya gunas, who is the abode of infinite auspicious qualities”

The above prayer is being made by Bhagavad Ramanuja in front of Lord Srinivasa of Tirumala, in front of whom he extemporaneously composes Vedartha Sangraham.

Ramanuja identifies this Srinivasa of Tirumala as none other than that very Lord of Sri Ranga, who is Vishnu Himself, who came in a standing form in order to offer refuge to all of us.

This is evidenced by authoritative words of Vaduga Nambi, Sudarshana Suri and Garuda Vahana Pandit.

Pra:rthana sloka 2(Dwitiya Slokam):

In the next prarthana sloka he glorifies his manasika acharya Yamuna muni as gloriously triumphing by dispelling the delusive darkness created by 3 philosophies which are against the conclusions of Vedas and Brahma Sutras:
That the Supreme Brahman becomes the jiva, bereft of knowledge, caught up in illusion, and wanders in samsa:ra (Sankaracharya’s philosophy)

That the Supreme Brahman is conditioned by an upa:dhi that exists separate from Him and remains helpless (Bhaskara’s)

That the Supreme Brahman becomes the seat of all inauspiciousness (Yadava Prakasa’s)

While Yamuna muni in truth condemns only the first two, Ramanuja includes even Yadava prakasa’s philosophy here as it is very close in form to Bhaskara’s.

Churnika 1-Swamata Sankshemam (part covered in today’s class):

The Upanishads which form the crown of the Vedas, for the benefit of the 4 orders (Deva, Manushya, Tiryak, Stha:vara), propound the following truth:
In order to attain the Supreme, the Mumukshu must first acquire an understanding of Atma and Paramatma.

Equipped with this understanding, he must perform the duties enjoined for his respective varna and asrama.

While doing the duties, he must devote himself to meditation, worship and obeisance’s at the two lotus feet of the Supreme Lord.

When this is done with boundless joy, one attains the Supreme.

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