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Anand Iyengar • October 11, 2002 


Srimathe Srivan Shatagopa sri vedanta desika yatindra
mahadesikaya namah:

Swamin,
Dasan is very limited in the knowldege of all the
granthas but adiyen does not see this to be the case
as, if you look at Sri Bhasyam , Udayavar would not
have picked up the first slokam of kamba ramayanam  as
the opening slokam("Akhile Bhuvanastheme
Bringadhilelay......") of his magnum opus. I have
heard from learned bhagavatas that Udayavar used the
first slokam of kamba ramayanam  to show his respect
to Kamabanat Alwar and also Kamba ramayanam.

Moreover i personally think that during upanyasams ,
people generally speak about Valmiki ramayanam as that
is the only ramayanam that Ramachandra Prabhu heard it
directly . Thats y i think valmikis work has a great
regard. It does not mean that upanyasakars do not have
a regard for other ramayanams.

Please correct me if adiyen is worong.

Dasan Anand

Sri lakshmi narasimha divya paduka sevaka srivan
shatagopa sri narayana yatindra mahadesikaya namah:


--- raja gopal  wrote:
> Srimathey Raamanujaaya Namaha:
> 
> It is an accepted fact that the kamba ramayanam is
> one
> of the master pieces in tamil literature.  however,
> in
> our sampradayam, in the pravachanams and
> kalakshepams,
> i find that it is generally ignored.  the same
> applies
> to certain other works like villiputturar's
> bharatham.
> i have always wondered why.  
> 
> i would like to be enlightened on this.
> 
> 
> adiyen
> s.v.r.gopalan


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