Re:Sri BhAshyakArar and Sri VP etc

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Dear BhAgavatOttamas

The criticisms of Srimans Anand Karalapkkam and

Harikrishna re aDiyEn's notes on the above subject

are perfectly valid wherever they refer to what

aDiyEn actually wrote.But certain ideas seem to have

suddenly arisen which ,at least to aDiyEn's mind,were

neither the points at issue,nor were mentioned to be

so by aDiyEn.

 

The two original points were 1.the possible reasons for Sri

EmberumAnAr's choosing SriVP rather than Sri BH

(and NOT whether either was inferior or whether

aDiyen thought either to be so)

2.Whether Sri EmberumAnAr quoted DP in his works.

 

ADiyEn's points regarding the first were the possible

explanations as usually accepted while studying the

subject.

 

And re the second,it is a fact He did NOT quote DP either

in original or translation.Neither did Swami Desikan

in the original,but as pointed out brilliantly by

Sri Anand he has translated a verse in His Gita

gloss.ADiyEn said the skt medium RESTRICTED his efforts

in his commentaries on StOtraratnam etc- and certainly

it did,otherwise he would have let himself go as he

does in dealing with the IDENTICAL verses in Sri

RahasyatrayasAram.By quoting further instances where

the deep knowledge of DP enlivened Sri EmberumAnAr's

commentaries,he has merely strengthened aDiYEn's

thin argument re Sri BhAshyakArar's inspiration from,

and love for, the Divine verses of the AzhwArs.

 

The only point on which aDiyEn has a totally respectful

but firm difference of opinion is -re the basic difference between

the approaches of SriVP and SriBH with re to PirAtti.

Sri VP is totally wholehearted and unrestricted in its

statement that He is Sriyahpati and she is His constant

consort,anapAyinI,as in "ahalakillEn iraiyum" and goes on to

present a Stuti which repeats this statement in a hundred

ways so that there should be no doubt on that point.

Kindly see the identical chapter in Sri BH for a striking

contrast in approach.

 

Finally a small point.ADiyEn's mention of a past controversy

re the authorship of Sri BH (which can be found mentioned

in any critical edition of the BH.- for ex the detailed

introduction to the superb translation by Sri N.Raghunathan)

has been taken to imply that aDiyEn has such reservations

regarding that beautiful work!

 

Sri EmberumAnAr TiruvaDigaLE SaraNam!

aDiyEn

BHARAT