TiruvAymozhi & Bhagavad Gita

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

 

1. "adhil sidDha Dharma vidhi;idhil vidhi anuShTAnangaL" - AH 193

 

TiruvAymozhiyil vidhiyum uNdu;anuShTAnamum uNdu:

 

In Sri Gita,there is only an injunction/vidhi "mAm Ekam sharaNam

vraja"; In TiruvAymozhi,vidhi is mentioned as

 

"ThirunAraNan thAl kAlam peRac sindhithhu uymminO" - TVM 4.1.1

 

and also the anuShTAnam/execution that was observed:

 

"pugal onRillA adiyEn un

adikkIzh amarndhu pugundhEnE" - TVM 6.10.10

 

 

2. "'bhagavan,j~nAnavidhi,paNi vagai' enRu ivar(nammAzhvAr)

angkIkAraththAlE, adhukku(Bhagavad Gita) uthkarSham(greatness or

exaltation)" - AH 194

 

The Gita,for its greatness,necessitates the recommendation from

NammAzhvAr:

 

BudDha is also one of the incarnations of the Lord and it is

mentioned in Srimad BhAgavatha mahA purANam. Although the Lord

protected the shAsthram from the demons/asurAs(Lord had to tell a lie

saying that vedas are not pramANas) taking incarnation as budDha and

thus giving baudDha shAsthram(one of the systems of philosophy and it

is anti-vedic) and also as Kapila muni and thus giving sAnkhya

shAsthram,vaidhIkas did not approve those shAsthrAs as they were anti-

vedic(that is the philosophy which does not recognize the existence

and the Supremacy of Parabraman).

 

Because NammAzhvAr,a parama vaidhIka(supreme vedic person) and an

authority in scriptures, considered the Gita as pramANa and refered to

(recommended) it in his prabandha:

 

"paNdE paraman paNiththa paNivagaiyE

kaNdEn kamala malarppAdham" - 10.4.9

 

Bhagavad Gita attained its greatness. Since NammAzhvAr has approved

the Gita through his hymns/prabandha,the gita requires no other

approval or recommendation from anyone else. Such is the greatness of

NammAzhvAr and his speech/tiruvAkku which is nothing but "Truth,

Truth,Truth". Sri Azhagiya MaNavALa PerumAL NAyanAr(who had digested

all the five vyAkhyAnams/commentaries on TiruvAymozhi and thus an

authority in defending NammAzhvAr & his thoughts) has clearly

elucidated, without any ambiguity, the greatness and the glory of

TiruvAymozhi over Bhagavad Gita through the sUthras 189-194 in

his "AcArya Hrdhayam".

 

PS: Seek forgiveness from devotees if I had,unintentionally,

misinterpreted or misquoted anything in the process of desiring to

understand "AcArya Hrdhayam".

 

Azhagiya MaNavALa PerumAL NAyanAr ThiruvadigaLE sharaNam

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigaLE sharaNam

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