Any Commentary on Jitante Slokam???

March 31, 2001

sri:

srimathe ramanujaya namaha

srimathe nigamantha mahadesikaya namaha

BhaktAdigale,

I have been discussing (rather, arguing) with my colleage at Iowa State on the pratitantram of Visisthadvaitam vis a vis Advaitam.

He mentions that the Jitante Slokam of Rk Vedam implies the meanings convey by the maha-vakhya of smArthas "nEti, nEti".

Does the jitante slokam purport advaitam??

I would appreciate a full explanation of the jitante slokam and how it is interpretted in our sampradayam.

I wish to know how the jitante slokam is interpreted in our sampradayam.

Thanks and Regards,

inti srirangappa daasanu,

malola

April 1, 2001

sri:srimathe ramanujaya

namaha

srimathe nigamantha

mahadesikaya namaha

BhaktAdigale,I have

been discussing (rather, arguing) with my colleage at Iowa State on the

pratitantram of Visisthadvaitam vis a vis Advaitam.He mentions that the

Jitante Slokam of Rk Vedam implies the meanings convey by the maha-vakhya

of smArthas "nEti, nEti".Does the jitante slokam purport advaitam??

namO nArAyaNa!

Dear SrI Malolan,

Jitante Stotram (JS) does not favour advaita since it is

a pramANa grantha {authoritative text}. Probably your

friend refers to the "na tE rUpam na ca aakArO ..." verse.

aDiyEn had already written a short article on this verse ..Will

let you know on it this week.

I would appreciate

a full explanation of the jitante slokam and how it is interpretted in

our sampradayam.I wish to know how the jitante slokam is interpreted in

our sampradayam.

Someone can take up the task of explaining JS for the

net members.

SrI MadhurAntakam SwAmi Centenary celebrations committee

released a book on JS on Mar,2000. There are 6 chapters viz.

"First JitattE", "Second JitantE" etc and each one starts with

"JitantE PuNDarIkAksha ....". They all are very moving and

certainly a devotee's delight. For the first JitantE, till 14

verses,

SrI PeriavAcchAn PiLLai has written a quite detailed commentary.

For the whole of first JitantE (20 verses), SrI PuntankOttakam

SrInivAsAchArya SwAmi {Popularly known as PuntankOttakam

SwAmi, a great vidvAn of SrI Ahobila Muth sampradAya and

contemporary of SrImad InjimEttu Azhagiyasingar} had written

a detailed commentary. SrI MadhurAntakam SwAmi (SMS)

completed the commentary for the rest JitantEs. The book also

has an Introduction carrying the over-view of all the six JitantEs

by SMS. At the back, JitantA-mantrArtha-nirUpaNam section

from Aahirbudhnya Samhita (AS), a very important PA~ncarAtra

treatise, is added. In the end, a crisp insightful article on

the

sookshmArthas and ParArthas enlisted in the above section of

AS

summarized by SrI abhinava dESika UtthamUr SwAmi is appended.

All these commentaries and articles are in Tamil.

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan.

April 1, 2001

Dear Malolan

Jintanthe Stotram is a great mantram and stotram metioned by the elders. It's explained to Sri Naradha by the Bramha putra's. It consists of 5 parts, all the 5 parts starts with Jitanthe, it's meant for pancha kala parayanam, each kalam each stotram is chanted. During Bhagavad Aradhana kalam at Brahma muhoortham one should say the 1st stotram, and the second during the Abigamanam, thrid during the Uchii kalam, fouth at Sayam Aradhanam, and the fifth at sayanam.. These stotrams explain the Sudharshana prabhavam and Bhagavad Vishyam and helps one to gain the Bhagavad Chitana and Gnyana towards Sriman Narayana. It's must be learned only through Acharyas and if one chants this everyday it gives lot of knowledge and helps one to live towards spiritual life.

Regards

Rajagopal

Sri Ranganatha Temple

Pomona, NY-10970

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>Any Commentary on Jitante Slokam??? >Sat, 31 Mar 2001 02:26:37 -0600 > >sri: >srimathe ramanujaya namaha >srimathe nigamantha mahadesikaya namaha > >BhaktAdigale, > >I have been discussing (rather, arguing) with my colleage at Iowa State on the pratitantram of Visisthadvaitam vis a vis Advaitam. >He mentions that the Jitante Slokam of Rk Vedam implies the meanings convey by the maha-vakhya of smArthas "nEti, nEti". > >Does the jitante slokam purport advaitam?? > >I would appreciate a full explanation of the jitante slokam and how it is interpretted in our sampradayam. > >I wish to know how the jitante slokam is interpreted in our sampradayam. > >Thanks and Regards, > >inti srirangappa daasanu, > >malola > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

April 2, 2001

Dear Malolan:

Madurantakam Veeraraghavachar Swamigal has written a wonderful commentary on

JitantE stotram (all the 5 parts). I have a copy of it. I will try to

summarize it in the coming weeks.

DAsan