Purusha Sooktham

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Dear Members of the Prapatti group :

 

Sri Vijay Srinivasan's points are pertinent.

 

Some times , I write purposely to bring the different

texts for the sake of discussion and clarification .

That is All !

 

V.Sadagopan

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Dear Prappati Group Members:

 

I would like to thank Sadagopan for the info. on Goddess Durga.

 

Mr. Sadagopan, I read with great interest your article on Purusha Sooktham. In

that posting you had mentinoed about the concluding verses of Narayana Sooktham

as: "He is Brahma, He is Hari, He is Indra etc.". I think, in the Vaishnava

tradition "He is Hari" is not included. It appears that this is not there in

the original text. This is explained in Gopala Desikan's book. Also

Ramanujacharya in Vedartha Sangraha specifically refers to this verse as one of

the supporting arguments for Paratatva-nirnayam. The correct way to say it is:

"Sa Brahama, Sa Siva, Sendra, Sokshara Parama Svaraat...". Adi Sankara quotes

in Sahasranama Bhashyam :"Vedeshu Pourusham Sooktham, Puraneshu Vaishnavam..",

it is clear how important is Purusha Sooktham. It is a must to learn according

to our Acharyas.

 

Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan