Sriman- Narayana

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I read with great interest Mr. Mani's writings on the determination of

Paratatva based on Vedas. I would add Ambhasya Pare, Bhuvanasya Madhye - (in

the shoreless water etc.) text of the MahaNarayanopanishad as a further

supporting statement. Also the shathapatha brahmana of the vedas (Refer:

shathapatha brahma nandita - vide Sudharshanashtakam of Swami Desikan) provides

immense details on Vishnu as the supreme purusha. There is no doubt that

Sriman Narayana is the Supreme Being referred to in the Vedas and Upanishads.

This fact is accepted by all the three acharyas. In the same token, if you

take Narayana as everything (including Brahma, Siva and Vishnu), then how are

we to convince the Purva-Pakshi that the worship of Vishnu alone can lead to

the supreme goal. I would appreciate if someone can comment on this. I am at

least aware of one explanation. Mahabharatha which is considered on par with

Vedas (Panchamo Veda) clearly gives the Paramatma status to Vasudeva and Sarira

status to all other gods (including Siva and Brahma). This is dealt in detail

in Rahasyatraya saram in the adhikara entitled "Paratatva Nirnayadhikaram"

 

 

Vijay