Dear Sri Jagan :
Sriman Sarangan has given a wonderful
and detailed reply to your question with
lot of PramANams . One more that might be of interest is
our daily recited Veda Mantram :
" Tadh VishNO; Paramam Padham sadhA Pasyanthy Sooraya:"
V.Sadagopan
-- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Shreyas Sarangan" <sarangan@...>
wrote:
>
> Sri:
> Srimate Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha
>
> Dear Sri Jagan,
>
> Just reading through text of the Purusha Suktam, or any
> other section of Vedas, for that matter will not do enough
> justice to the subject.
>
> Rishis and Acharyas have aleady done the hard work of
> correct rules of vedic interpetation "lakshanam" for us
> in their commentaries.
>
> Sri Sudarshan is consistent with our Acharyas in mentioning the
> rk "hreeshchatE lakshmeescha patnyow....".
>
> shAstras are replete with pramAnas that identify the Purusha
> with Lord Sriman Narayana and none else.
>
> Here are just a few:
>
> o Sri Nanjiyar (Sri Ranganathamuni, Mukunda-Narayana-dasa)
> in his reputed commentary on the PS, quotes from Rgvidhana
> of Saunaka on the detailed method of worshipping
> Lord Vishnu with the riks of the PS.
>
> Further, Nanjiyar enlightens us as to how Rk 5 of the PS,
>
> "padOsya vishvA bhUtAni | tripAdasyAmratam divi ||
>
> refers to the 4 vyUhAs of Sriman Naryana - Vasudeva, Sankarshana,
> Pradyumna, and Aniruddha.
>
> The purusha-sukta samhita of the sAkAlya-bramhana from which
Nanjiyar
> quotes, expounds the role of Aniruddha (Sriman Narayana) in the
> greatest yagna - PS and that this is nothing but Atmasamrpanam or
> Prapatti.
>
> Nanjiyar also writes "Adityavarnam purusham vAsudEvam vichintayEt".
>
> Please refer to Sri Nanjiyar commentary for more details.
> Sri UttamUr Swami's commentary on the PS is another treasure.
>
> o sAma-vidhAna-brAmhaNa of the sAma-Veda,
> on the application of the samans of the PS of the Sama-Veda:
>
> "idam vishnuh prakshasya vrshNah, prakAvya mushnE babruvAN iti
varAha-
> mantyam purushavratE cha aesha vaishnavI nAma samhitA etAm
prayunjan
> vishnum prINAti."
>
> o vAlmIkI rAmAyaNa:
> "tEjO mahattayA vA-api samsmArayati pUrusham"
> says Sage Agastya in praise of Rama.
>
> o geethAcharyan in the Bhagavad-Geetha 15th Chapter:
> "..athOsmi lokE vEdE cha praThitah purushOttamah"
>
> o Skanda Purana:
> "...yaTha purushashabdOyam vAsudEvEvatishtaTE..."
>
> o pAdma-puraANa:
> "sarvalOka pratIchya cha purushaha harih |
> tam vinA pundarIkaksham ko-anyah purushashabdabhAk ||"
>
> o Yogavasista describes two forms of Lord Kesava - the infinite
as
> in the
> Purusha and the minute, as in Dahara Sruti
>
> o Narasimhapurana:
> "prakrtisparsharahityat svAtantryAd-vaibhavAdapi |
> sa eva vAsudEvO-yam sAkshAt-purusha uchyatE |
> strIprAymitarat-saravam jagad-bramha-purassaram ||
>
> o Apastamba identifies Purusha as Sriman Narayana:
> "upAhitam purushEN nArayaNEn uptishTatE"
>
> o "vedEshu nirjarapate nikhilEsgvadhItam vyAsAdibhirbahumatam tav
> sUktamagryam |
> anganyamUni bhavatah suBhAnyadhItE vishvam vibhO janitavanti
> viraNchpUrvam || "
> -sri devayanayaka-panchashat(15)
> Oh Lord Devanatha! The PS is found in all four Vedas and is
extolled
> as the foremost of Vedic hymns by the Vyasa and other revered
authors
> of the Smritis, Puranaas, abd Itihasas says that these beatiful
limbs
> of your yours created the whole Universe, right from Bramha.
>
> o Also refer to Sri N. Krishnamachari Swami's detailed commentary
> on "Purushaha" in the Sri VishNu Sahasra nAmam
> http://home.comcast.net/~chinnamma/sahasra/sloka02.html#14:puruShah
>
> These are just a few pointers. Hope these help as a starting point.
> My sincere apologies for any errors/typos.
>
> namo veda-purushAya!
> sarvamsrIkrishnArpanamasthu,
> rAmAnuja-dAsan.
> (-Shreyas)
>
>
> --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "kgjagan21" <kgjagan21@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear Sri Sudarshan,
> >
> > The richa that you are refering to is NOT found in the 10th
> mandala -
> > 90th sukta of the Rig Veda. It is not found in other vedas that
> > house the purusa sukta.
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
> > Jagan
> >
> > --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sudarshan K Madabushi"
> > <mksudarshan2002@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Towards the end of the sukta passage there is the unmistakable
> > > reference to Vishnu:
> > >
> > > "hreeshchatE lakshmeescha patnyow...."
> > >
> > > The Deity of this sukta is hailed as "Lakshmi's spouse!" i.e.
> > Vishnu.
> > >
> > > Regds,
> > > dAsan,
> > > Sudarshan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, K G Jagannathan
<kgjagan21@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear members,
> > > >
> > > > I have been going through various occurences of the
purusha
> > > sUkta. I notice that the viRata pUrusha or parama purusha as
> > praised
> > > in the purusha sUkta is not neccesarily grouped under Vishnu.
> > > >
> > > > I do not find direct refernces to Vishnu in the purusha
> sUkta,
> > > in any of it's occurences or recensions.
> > > >
> > > > On what basis then is Vishnu identified as the parama
purusha
> > of
> > > the sUkta?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Jagan
> > > >
> > > >
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