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pan
haratnastutiH ..
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Pan
haratnastuti of Shri Appayya Dixita
Introdu
tion
This short poem made of ve gem like verses establishes the
greatness of Lord Paramasiva based on the authority
of the vedas and puranas. Sri Dixita had also written a
ommentary on
the verses. It
ontains a systemati
exposition of the theme of the
poem (viz.) the suprema
y of Paramasiva as parabrahman by a
dis
ussion of the many s
riptural passages. It is a brilliant
dis
ussion by a great s
holar.
Ba
kground
It seems that during his period there was mu
h unseemly
squabble between the adherents of Siva and Vishnu as to who was the
greater of the two. Sri Dixita was saddened by this spe
ta
le. It
appears that some of the adherents of Vishnu went to the extent of
ondemning the Saivashastras as tamasi
and Siva Himself as a jiva
only. Sri Dixita was very mu
h pained at all these happenings and was
for
ed to espouse the other side (viz) suprema
y of Siva. Even though
in this poem the author argues to establish the suprema
y of Lord
Siva, it has to be emphasised that he had no bias towards Siva or
Vishnu. He had mentioned this in many pla
es in his works. His
Hariharabedhastuti is an example of his attitude. In this stotra he
praises both Lord Siva and Vishnu in ea
h verse. In the last verse he
says
learly that he sees no dieren
e between them. It reads as
follows.
v-tA\ Epf½\ vsn\ Edfo vA gz(mtA yAt kktA vA .
EndýAt vA n(yt vA_EDr½
B do n m
-yA(prm-y DAMn, ;
In fa
t, he had
omposed Varadarajastava whi
h shows his intense
devition to Lord Vishnu. He had also written
ommentaries on
Yadavabhyudayam of Sri Vedanta Desika. All these go to show his
liberal mind. He was, in fa
t, a true advaitin.
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jAto bhEàEt hr jEn, þEsA .
y-mAdjAt iEt m/vropEd£A-
\ zdým
v jEntEkt, þp ; 1;
1
u?(vA þsEtmjfOErhr rAZA\
s\sQy dFpkshoE?tEBryEn℄nAm^ .
tA\ s\yDArydtv
EfKA Eh y-y
t\ sv
kArZmnAEdEfv\ þp ; 2;
vdAt
q þTmBvn\ vEZ
t\ y-y yA<yA\
t-y þsvv
sA jm t(HyApEy(vA .
y-y
{ k-y -PVmjEntA EnEtA kArZ-y
yAyAm-t\ jEnEvhty
f\BmAkAfmy ; 3;
yd^B}B½
{ kv[yA EvEDhErEgErfHyAEtdA, fE?tkoÔo
y(yA dvd vA, sklBvngA, s\EnyQCEt Evm^ .
yESl½\ sv
d vAsrmnjmK{rQy
t
Ev!p\
t-m{ En(y\ nm-yA\ þEvtnt prb}Z f\krAy ; 4;
aA-y\ s#m\ El½!p(vEl½\
-yAd^b}
fAnAHyy { vASpmA/m^ .
i(yvnAv
dy(s/kAro
y\ b}AHy\ t\ þp
mh fm^ ; 5;
iEt Fmd=pydFE"tsAv
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EvrE
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Last updated May 26, 2007