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srImathE rAmAnujAya namah

dear devotees,

A couple of devotees had asked for information on (a) why Ramanuja 
has not written a commentary on the upanishads, and (b) why he 
hasn't quoted from the divya prabhandham.

I request learned members to post on this topic and add to the 
following.

Vedarta Sangraha, even though it is not an official commentary on 
the upanishads, is widely believed to be, and accepted as the 
interpretations of the key upanishads by svAmi Ramanuja. In fact, 
Ramanuja deals with key upanishad vAkyAs in vEdArta samgraha, in the 
context of His expounding VisistAdvaita. 

Ramanuja did not explicitly quote the divya prabhandham in any of 
His commentaries for the obvious reason - It was not then accepted 
by those outside of our religion as a pramANa. 

Our AchAryAs say very clearly that the divya prabhandham was the 
inspiration behind svAmi Ramanuja's thoughts on vEdAnta. In fact, on 
the very important and key question of the nature of the soul, the 
nammAzhvAr pAsuram "adiyEn uLLan udal uLLan" played a key role. Our 
elders say that Ramanuja derived his crystal clear understanding of 
the nature of the soul from this pAsuram only.

In the sampradAyam, there are several anubhavams on key pAsurams 
that svAmi Ramanuja had taught His immediate disciples, and those 
are documented in various works.

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jeeayar thiruvadigaLE saraNam,

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan,
varadhan





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