Re: Sri Jayanthi - ChathuslOki GitA
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• September 14, 1998
Sri Madhavakkannan provides an interesting interpretation (and one consistent with shankara bhashyam) for the following bhagavan vAkyam. > > 10.10 tEshaam satata yuktaanaam bhajathaam prIti pUrvakam/ dadaami > buddhi yOgam tam yEna maam upayaanthi tE// > > Meaning: I give the buddhi (jnAnam), to those who are constantly > engaged in devotional service and worship Me lovingly, by which > (that buddhi) they come to Me. However, I believe that the translation above is inconsistent with Emberumaanaar bhAshyam and other poorvacharya vyAkhyAnams with reference to the all-engulfing aashritha vyAmOham (mAlE in mAlE maNivaNNA) of our dear kaNNa piRAn. What the lord seeks from us is simply an absence of vimukhathvam (vide sri periya vaachAn piLLai on kooDArai vellum: advEshamE pathAsaaha kkonDu mADugaLin pinnE pOravanE, also Eedu vyAkhyAnam for urugumAl nenjam padigam - Lord's pEr avA that can engulf - kabaLeekaram paNNavalla - azhvaar's avA for Him), His love for us is overwhelmingly all-encompassing, in that all he seeks from us is an open mind (absence of dvEsham) that does not say no to His krupA . In this context, the above shlokam is interpreted as: tam buddhi yOgam prIti pUrvakam dadaami He offers, with overflowing love and krupA, buddhi yogam to his bhakthas. Aazhvaar Emberumaanaar Jeeyar ThiruvaDigaLE sharaNam Sridhar
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