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--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jasn sn <jayasartn@xxxx> wrote:
> SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.
> 
> > But the definition of sesha-seshi bhava has been given
> by Bhagavad Ramanuja in Vedartha sangraha (VS). 
> Verse 182 says, " The real and universal definition of
> sesha and the seshin (the subsidiary and the
> principal) must be enunciated as follows: That whose
> nature lies solely in being valued through a desire to
> contribute a special excellence to another entity is
> the sesha. The other is seshin (i.e., that to which
> the subsidiary contributes special excellence)" 

Dear Smt Jayashree,

Will you please give the orginal vEdArtha sangraha verse?

If we go by the definition give by you, why does rAmAnuja use words 
like "aSEhAvassthOchita aSEsha SEshataika rati", "aSEsha 
chidachidvastu SEshi bhUta" in SaraNAgati gadyam?

> Ramanuja in his Gita Bhashyam to verse 7-16 on the 4th
> type of devote who happens to be a `man of knowledge'
> describes him as one who has the knowledge of the
> essential nature of the self in being a sesha.

That is OK.

dAsan
Vishnu






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