Ramayanam and Sri Vaishnavism

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Sri Senthil Kumar,

 

The commentary of Govindaraja, called 'Govindarajeeyam' is the

accepted commentary in the Sri Vaishnava tradition. It includes all

Khanda-s, even the Uttara Khanda. Some scholars, notably, N

Raghunathan and much of the scholars at Ramakrishna Matham,

considered the Bala Khanda and Uttara Khanda to be extrapolations

from the original. This charge is quite unsustainable since

Valmiki's idea of Rama as a human avatara of the Lord stems from the

Bala Khanda and Uttara Khanda.

 

Besides that, Govindaraja inclusion of both Khanda-s in his

commentary is a testimony that both the Khanda-s are a part of the

Valmiki Ramayana.

 

In addition to Govindaraja, the Azhwars have sung about many events

normally found in the Uttara Khanda. More about this could be found

in Prof Vasudha Narayanan's excellent article on Ramayana:

 

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/ramayana/

 

The book review of the Tamizh edition of the commentary of

Govindaraja is here:

 

http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/10/stories/13100179.htm

 

Regards,

 

Malolan