Guest guest Posted September 23, 1999 Report Share Posted September 23, 1999 nyaayaaH parasparavibhinnadishaH sahasra- muccaavacaani ca bhavantyupabR^iMhaNaani. evaM sthite girisute nigamopalaanaaM taatparyasaaramavadhaarayituM xamaH kaH ..9.. In split form, nyaayaaH paraspara vibhinna dishaH sahasraM uccaavacaani ca bhavanti upabR^iMhaNaani | evaM sthite girisute nigamopalaanaaM taatparya saaraM avadhaarayituM xamaH kaH || 9 || In this verse shrI dIkshita takes up the difficulty of understanding miimaamsa shaastra-s. The thousands of miimaamsa shaastra-s (nyaayaH sahasraM) lead us in different directions by their conflicting statements (paraspara vibhinna dishaH). The commentaries written on them (upabR^iMhaNaani ca) confuse the readers even further by their differing interpretations (uccaavacaani bhavanti). When this is the case (evaM sthite), O daughter of himavaan (girisute), who has the skill (kaH xamaH) to understand or grasp (avadhaarayituM) the essence (taatparya saaraM) of vedas which are hard to understand [hardness compared to stones] (nigamopalaanaaM). In these verses, shrI niilakaNTha diikshitaa is building a case to dismiss jnAna marga as something extremely difficult follow. Essentially first half of the text focusses on dismissing the other paths as too difficult or impossible or will not help, and emphasize on surrender to ambaaL. After surrendering, shrii diikshita goes on describe the splendour of ambaaL's beauty from her feet to head. In one of those verses, he brings this comparison of vedas being so hard to understand (hard like stones) and says, O jagan mAtA, your feet are so red in color beacause you walk on the hard stones of vedaanta!. -- AUM miinaakShii devyai namaH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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