Vedanta kamadhenu dashashloki
| Vedāntakāmadhenu daśaślokī | |
|---|---|
 Sudarśanāvatāra Śrī Nimbārkācharya Ji, The author of Vedāntakāmadhenu daśaślokī | |
| Information | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Author | Nimbarkacharya |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Verses | 10 |
The Vedanta kamadhenu dashashloki (Sanskrit: वेदान्तकामधेनु दशश्लोकी, romanized: Vedāntakāmadhenu daśaślokī) is a Sanskrit hymn by the Hindu philosopher Nimbarkacharya of the Nimbarka Sampradaya tradition.[1]
Soteriology
[edit]The style of the “Daśaślokī” is very simple, suited to a devotee who does not want to be bothered with abstract logical theories and hair-splitting wranglings, but wants to have the truth immediately in a nut-shell.[2][3]
Hymn
[edit]Nimbārka clarifies the characteristics of the individual soul, giving its size and qualities, stating from the very start that it is dependent upon Hari, which is a decidedly Vaiṣṇava view of Brahman.[1]
jñānasvarūpañ ca harer adhīnaṁ śarīrasaṁyogaviyogayogyam । aṇuṁ hi jīvaṁ pratidehabhinnaṁ jñātṛtvavantaṁ yad anantam āhuḥ ॥[3]
The individual soul has knowledge as its [essential] nature, is dependent upon Hari, worthy of association and disassociation with bodies, atomic, different in every body, possesses the quality of being a knower and is declared to be infinite in number.[4]
— Dasha Shloki, Verse 1
Commentaries
[edit]The Vedāntakāmadhenu Daśaślokī have been extensively commented upon by several scholars. Among them, the three primary commentaries[5] are:
- Vedāntaratnamañjūṣā of Śrī Puruṣottamāchārya[6][5]
- Vedānta Siddhāntaratnāñjali of Śrī Harivyāsa Devāchārya[7][8][9][5][1]
- Vedāntalaghumañjūṣā of Śrī Giridhara dāsa[6][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bhandarkar 2014, p. 63.
- ^ Bose 2014, p. 920.
- ^ a b Ramnarace 2014, p. 189.
- ^ Ramnarace 2014, p. 190.
- ^ a b c d Dasgupta 1988, p. 403.
- ^ a b Agrawal 2013, p. 269.
- ^ Naganath, Dr S. Srikanta Sastri, English Translation by S. (2022-05-11). Indian Culture: A Compendium of Indian History, Culture and Heritage. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63806-511-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Upadhyay 1978, p. 305.
- ^ Dasgupta 1988, p. 399.
Bibliography
[edit]- Upadhyay, Baladeva (1978). Vaishnava Sampradayon ka Siddhanta aur Sahitya. Varanasi: Chowkhamba Amarbharati Prakashan.
- Dasgupta, Surendranath (1988). A history of Indian philosophy. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0408-1.
- Agrawal, Madan Mohan (2013). Encyclopedia of Indian philosophies, Bhedābheda and Dvaitādvaita systems. Encyclopedia of Indian philosophies / general ed.: Karl H. Potter. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-3637-2.
- Bose, Roma (2004). Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha of Nimbārka and Vedānta-kaustubha of Śrīnivāsa: commentaries on the Brahma-sutras; English translation. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 978-81-215-1121-6.
- Bhandarkar, R. G. (2014). Vaisnavism, Saivism and Minor Religious Systems (Routledge Revivals). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-58933-4.
- Ramnarace, Vijay (2014). Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa's Vedāntic Debut: Chronology & Rationalisation in the Nimbārka Sampradāya (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh.