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V.Srimahavishnu • July 5, 1999 


On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 bhakti-errors@lists.best.com wrote:

> On Mon, 3 May 1999 Sri Mani wrote:
> > 
> > Sri Mohan Sagar wrote:
> > > 1.BhagavadgItA sarvasvam with Telugu translation
> > > to MaNavALa MAmunigaL's
> > >   sanskrit commentary.
> > 
> > Sri Manavala Maamunigal's commentary on the Gita, if he
> > did at all write one, is not extant today.  In his edition
> > of Maamunigal's works, Sri Kanchi P.B. Annangarachariar 
> > Swami mentions the possible existence of this work at one 
> > point in time, but that it is not extant today. He also
> > mentions that some people have published something that
> > that they say is Maamunigal's commentary, but after extensive
> > research, he has concluded that it is clearly not the work
> > of Manavala Maamunigal.
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> iN 1945, JagadAchArya simhAsanAdhISar
>  SrImath P B aNNangarAchArya swAmi blessed us with "SrI varavaramuni
> daNdaka stuti", in which, in the fifth daNdakam he says
> 
> SatAntAdi sadgrantha nirmANa chAturya vikhyAta kIrtih
> sugItArtha dIpAbhida grantha dAtA
> 
> and thus salutes SrI ramya jAmAtru munIndrar for blessing us with 
> ThiruvAimozhi nUtthandhAdhi, and GitArtha saangraha dIpikA.
> 
> So it is obvious that Sri P B A is referring to some other work on gItA
>  claimed to
> have been authored by SrI JIyar.
> 

  Dear BhAgavatas,

   namO namah.

Please re-read the above line as:

It is obvious that SrI P B A swAmI, as quoted by SrI Mani, is talking
about some other work on gItA claimed to have been authored by SrI
maNavALa mAmunigaL,
mAmunigaL, and not SrI GItArtha sangraha dIpikA.
 
 ALwAr emberumAnAr jIyar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

                                               dasan
                                              Vishnu