[RE: [Ekalavya and Guru-Upadesham]]

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Dear Members,

 

SrI Parthasarati Dileepan swAmi wrote:

.....

> Therefore, this cannot be taken as a precedent for

> anyone else to forsake a traditional acarya and

> claim to receive knowledge miraculously from Perumal

> or sources within.

 

I thank SrI Parthasarati Dileepan swAmi for bringing

out the essence of the earlier communication.

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI rAmAnuja dAsan (mshari)

 

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Dear SrI MAlOlan CadAmi,

 

You wrote:

> I am not quite able to understand the term sAmAnya vidya

> with reference to Ekalavya.

 

The term " sAmAnya " is not for " nindanam " .

sAmAnya means ordinary here.

 

You wrote:

> In the vishnu sahasranamam it is mentioned that:

> vedAntagO brahmanah syAt kshatrIyO vijayE bhavet

> vaisyO dhanasamrddhah syAcchUdrah sukhAmavApnUyAt ||

> If I have undertsood the meaning of the above slokam well,

> Studying vedanta for a brahmana is what learning archery/warfare

> is for a kshatriya. Does it....

 

This is a phala-Sruthi slokam for SrI SahasranAma. To know the

varNa-Aasrama dharmas clearly, I suggest you to study manu smruthi

and such smruthis.

 

You wrote:

> How then would the vidyA that ekalavya " received " from

> Drona-charyar be counted as sAmAnya vidya? Was it not that

> Ekalavya was merely following his swadharma?

 

Let us assume that Ekalayva's swadharma is learning dhanur-vidyA

for a moment. Even in this case, he was NOT following his swadharma

because the way he adopted to get it was not appropriate as already

pointed out. Now a question - Was Ekalayva a kshatriya?

 

You wrote:

> Please note that I do not intend to negate the importance of an

> acharyan, more importantly acharya bhakti, which I feel Ekalavya

> is a good example. I wish to understand what the Swadharma of

> brahmanas are, in particular prappanas.

 

I appreciate your thoughts behind your words as quoted above. But

Ekalayva is NOT a good example for AchArya bhakti. Before one could

conclude in this context, I suggest the study of swAmi dESika's

SrImath rahasyatraya sAram, nyAsa vimSathi and such divine granthams

where the nature of AchArya, Sishya, AchArya bhakti are clearly

defined as per SAstra. Please note that the SrI SampradAya holds

only SrI Madhurakavi AzwAr as the good example for AchArya bhakti

(Ref. ...TunbatRa madhurakavi thOndrakkATTum thol vazhiyE nal

vazhigaL thuNivArgatkE).

 

The swadharma of brahmaNas in particular prappannas are clearly

defined in SrI VaishNava Aahnika granthams. It is daily pancha kAla

prakriyA involving vaidika anushtAnams as listed below.

1. abhigamanam

2. upAdAnam

3. igjyA

4. swAdyAyam

5. yOgam

To know these things in detail, SrI VaishNava Aahnika granta

kAlakhsEpam is suggested. Refer swAmi SrIman nigamAntha mahA

dESika's SrI VaishNava dinachari for brief idea about the same.

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI rAmAnuja dAsan (mshari)

 

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