geethA sAstramum nedunthAndaka sAstramum!!!

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The topic itself will be puzzling for many. Bhagavat geetha is famous

and it is available today in almost all languages of the world.

Bhagavat geetha finds its greatness (as shown in its very name)

“svayam padmanAbhasya mukamAseeth” it has come out from the divine

mouth of padmanabhan, emperuman Sri Krishnan. Geetha appears in the

great itihasam, mahAbharatham, which is celebrated by mahA jnanis as

“bharatham panchamO vEda:” Why do we consider the vedas and dharma

sastras as main pramanams to substantiate our sampradayam? It is

because perumal himself declares “sruthi smrithi mamai vAgyA”. Then

is there any doubt in considering bhagavat geetha that has been given

by emperuman himself directly has the mukya pramanam? Emperuman, Sri

Krishnan due to his divine grace has showered this mahA sastram to

all of us in order to make us understand the essence of the

Upanishads in a simplified manner. “vEdEshu powrusham sooktham;

dharma sAstrEshu

mAnavam; bhArathE bhagavat geetha; purAnEshu cha vaishnavam” this

verse shows the greatness of bhagavat geetha. Among the vedas the

purusha sooktham has its own merit; among the dharmasAstras manu

dharma sastram reserves its special place; in mahAbharatham bhagavat

geetha is the essence; and among the puranas Vishnu puranam has a

special place.

 

Nammazhvar adorns emperuman as “neriyellAm eduththuraiththa nirai

jnanaththoru moorthi”. Who is that “nirai jnanaththoru moorthi”? He

is none other than our dear Parthasarathi, geethacharyan who blessed

us with the great sastram, bhagavat geetha. Further another rishi

clearly states the greatness of geetha as follows,“sarvOpanishadhO

gAvO thOkthA gOpAla nandhana: pArthO vatsa: sudheer bhOkthA duktham

geethAmrutham mahath”[All the Upanishads are personified as cows; the

person who takes care of the cows is the gopalan, Krishnan; the calf

here is arjuna; the cow secretes milk for the calf but does the calf

alone enjoy the milk? No all of us drink the cow’s milk and enjoy.

Similarly the milk here is the geetha sastram that was extracted from

the cow, the Upanishads. Though it appeared for the purpose of

clearing arjuna’s worries still it is enjoyed by each one of us

today.]

 

Anyone can say the greatness in many number of ways but there is one

azhvar who establishes his thoughts in the strongest way that after

his words there can arise no doubt. That one azhvar is none other

than our “vuraiyilidAdhavar” bhakthisArar, Sri thirumazhisai pirAn.

See how azhvar puts forth the greatness of bhagavat geetha,

“sEyan aniyan siriyan migapperiyanAyan tvarai kOnAi nindra-mAyan

andruOdhiya vAkkadhanai kallAr vulagaththil A-dhilarAm mei jnAnamil”

(nan. ThiruvandhAdhi-71)[We will enjoy the vyakhyanam to this paasuram

in our nanmugan thiruvandhAdhi series]

 

Thereby we have now seen the greatness of this geetha sastram to an

extent. The greatness has actually be realized by emperuman only

after giving all the arthas to arjuna and that is why he regrets a

little bit at the end and advices arjuna atleast to be careful before

delivering the aforesaid arthas to anyone who do not have interest in

it or to those who do not have bhakthi towards emperuman and the

acharya who is preaching him the same.

 

“edham tu thE nAdhabhaskAya nAbhakthAya kadAchana I na chAsussrooshavE

vAchyam na cha mAm yObbyasooyathi II”

 

In this posting we have seen about the first part of our topic. In

the next posting we will see about the next half and then proceed to

see how these two sastras are linked to each other.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan

 

 

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