Excellence of SrI PAncharAthra Agama - The "Bhagavath-SAstra"

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"pancharAthrasya kruthsnasya vakthA nArAyaNa: swayam"

 

SrI PAncharAthra Agama is authored by SrIman NArAyaNa:. Its name "Bhagavath

SAstra" denotes this aspect. It is therefore "powrushEya" scripture. It is a

SrI VaishNava Agama SAstra. It has several books named Samhitas. Of these

Samhitas, the SAthvatha Samhita, Powshkara Samhita and JayAkya Samhitha are

considered very sacred as they are directly reveled by SrIman NArAyaNa:. The

essence of VEda has been lively presented concisely in the texts of this

Agama. Its validity as pramANa (source of knowledge) is questioned from

various angles and various serious doubts are raised in this context. Many

pUrva-pakshams (opponent views) in the same context are critically analyzed

and they are refuted using pramANam and pramANAnuguNa tarkam. Apart from the

points present in the SrI BhAshyam (Bhagavath RAmAnuja YatirAja swAmi) in this

context, wonderful arguments and counter-arguments from Bhagavath SAstra

virOdha bhangAdhikAram in Para-matha-bhanga-grantam (SrIman NigamAntha mahA

DESika swAmi) are presented in this article. Although Aagama-prAmANyam of

Bhagavath YAmunAchArya and SrI PancharAthra Raksha of SwAmi DESika are not

referred in this article, the points from Para-matha-bhanga-grantam cover even

such complicated points in an easier manner. Further, the preeminent

commentary titled "anapAya-prabhA" on para-matha-bhanga-grantham by SrImath

U.Ve vidwAn UththamUr tirumalai nallAn chakravarthy abhinava dESika

VirarAghavAchArya swAmy is comprehensively referred in this article as far as

the Bhagavath SAstra virOdha bhangAdhikAram is concerned. With an outline of

the SArIraka-SAstra's structure and uthpathyasambhavAdhikaraNam's sketch,

which follows this prelude, the article proceeds to explain the excellence of

SrI PAncharAthra Agama - The "Bhagavath-SAstra" in a very detailed manner.

 

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Comments/critiques/questions are welcome (mshari)

 

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M.S.HARI rAmAnuja dAsan (mshari)

 

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