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 Jai Sriman Narayana,
Following is a clarification which my father had asked me to give regarding 
this series. It gives more information about how he had developed the work.

BhOgyAmrutam follows totally Sri ParASara Bhattar's commentary on the viShNu 
SahasranAmam. It is a new approach to link the sahasranAma with divya prabandha 
pASurams. As, mentioned earlier, these pASurams were picked up arbitarily and 
the nAma was interpreted with them, thru our AchAryA's grace.

Now, in some cases, to interpret a nAma closely to the pASuram under 
consideration, one of its ardhAs viz the vAchyArdha or the lakShyArdha etc were 
taken. ( direct meaning, figurative meaning, inference etc ).

This can be seen clearly for the first nAma, "ViShwam" itself (see post on 
viShwam). In BhOgyAmrutam, "ViShwam" was interpreted as "ViShati iti" - "The 
one who enters". Here the vAchyArdha was taken to interpret it closely with the 
selected pASuram.

In our Sri ParASara Bhattar's commentary, which is the one of the most highest 
and authentic works of our philosophy, this nAma "ViShwam" is given the meaning 
of completness with respect to the kaLyANa guNams. It tells that the Lord is 
one who is full of kaLyANa guNams.

So, there is a scope that BhOgyAmrutam's meaning "ViShati iti" (though correct) 
can be taken to be not in line with Sri parASara Bhattar's commentary.

But, its not the case (which is what is being clarified here) :

While ending the interpretation for viShwam, BhOgyAmrutam completes it with the 
meaning given by Sri parASara Bhattar ( "The name viShwam explains this total 
completeness which you have"). Here, the completeness being talked about is the 
completeness of Love that the Lord has for us, which made him enter our hearts 
and stay there for ever. Thus it ended describing the total completeness aspect 
of the Lord. The vAchyArdha ( direct meaning of "one who enters" ) was taken to 
link it with the pASuram (periyALwAr Tirumozhi - 5-2-10) under consideration.

The objectives of this work were the following :

1) Linking the sahasranAma with the divya prabandha pASurams.

2) Getting a nice explanation in an innovative way from the pASurams.

3) In the process, giving an interpretation which is not against our 
siddhAntam. (i.e., the Lord is full of kaLyANa guNams and is devoid of any hEya 
guNams and the Love that He has towards us, the relationship that we share with 
Him and so on).

4) This work acts as a supplement to Sri ParASara Bhattar's bhAShyam and 
closely follows it. In some cases like for the nAma "viShwam", (where the 
direct meaning was taken), it is shown that the nAma can be interpreted in this 
way also. However, the main interpretation given by Sri ParASara Bhattar is 
covered in such cases.



Sri ParASara Bhattar Divya TiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Jai Sriman Narayana

Maruthi Ramanuja Das.





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