[sri ramanuja] Question on Bhagavatha Puranam

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Dear Swamy,

I am so sorry for not being specific - I only meant about reading

tuqluq and not about Bhagavatha Puranam(why would I ever question

that??...

adiyEn,

rAmAnuja dAsan.

ramanuja, <aravamudhan wrote:

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> Narasimhan Swamin,

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> Srimad Bhagavatha Mahapuram is one of the 6 satvika puranams and

per our Sri Vaishhava view it is considered authentic.

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> I am also reading the series in the Thuklaq magazine. what the

editor of

> Thuklaq is writing is the same way as all advaitins have been

talking. It is not out of place to mention here about them

as 'Prachanna Saivities' (disguised Saivas)

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> It is true that Dattatreya's account is mentioned . None of our

Acharyas would negate this.

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> The very first slokam 'of Srimad Bhagavatam, beginning

with 'Janmasyatya' clearly establishes Vishistadvaita.

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> In several places in Srimad Baghavatam, the paratvam of Peruman is

clearly established .

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> Most of the quotes of our Alwars are only from Srimad Bhagavatam.

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> The issue here is Sri Cho Ramaswamy (Editor, Thuklaq) chooses to

> elaborate only those place where it is convenient to advaitins and

establish something such as 'all Mumoorthies are same' (Mumoorthy

Samyam)

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> From the view of Sarira Sariri Bhava of Sri Vishitadvaita, this is

true. However, viewing from Seshi/sesha relationship, Srimad

Bhagavatam clearly says which God is the primordial God.

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> The blame need to go to the editor and not to the Srimad Bhagavata

Mahapurnam.

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> Adiyen,

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> Regards

> KM Narayanan

> ---- Lakshmi Narasimhan <nrusimhann wrote:

> > First of all, is it worth reading such a book at all I wonder

many

> > a times what authenticity would such books bring in?!

> > adiyEn,

> > rAmAnuja dAsan

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> > ramanuja, Vidyalakshmi <vidya_lr@> wrote:

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> > > Sri:

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> > > I was reading this week's edition of 'Hindu Maha

> > > Samuthram' in Thuglak. This talks about Srimad

> > > Bhagavatham - 2nd Baagam, 42nd Adhiyayam

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> > > In this, it is said that Atri Muni's performed

> > > rigorous penance and prayed to the lord of all worlds

> > > that he should get a son equivalent to the lord of all

> > > worlds. Brahma, Vishnu and Sivan appeared before him

> > > and granted that Atri Maharishi will get three sons as

> > > the amsam of each of them and that there is no

> > > difference between the three.

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> > > Why is there a contradiction like this in Bhagavatha

> > > Puranam, in the same series, i was also reading about

> > > other puranams where such things have been said.

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> > > Could someone please explain this.

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> > > Regards,

> > > Vidya.

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