As an abridgment to the expansive and extensive text Sri Bhasyam, which at times is hard to follow for the uninitiated, Acarya himself with unbound compassion wrote Vedantadipa. This text written on the same lines of Sri Bhasyam, a commentary on Vedanta sutras, has dealt with the subject matter in an uncomplicated way to make it easily comprehensible to a general reader even.
Bhakti being the substratum, upon which every soul can transit to attain God to be with him serving eternally in the ever blissful abode of, Srimannarayaria.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to Vidwan S. Narayana; the Research Officer, Vidwan S. Krishnan, Vidwan S.N. Anandalwar, and Vidwan R. Janardhanan, Vidushi M.V. Savithri for their rich contribution by bringing this critical edition in a record time.
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I am sure the edition will be well received by the Sanskrit Scholarly World and would be used as a useful guide in any of their related research activities.
Vedantadipa is an abridgement of comprehensive Magnum opus grid Bhasya' of Acarya Ramanuja. Bhasya' by virtue of its enormity, of depth of interpretation of Vedanta sutras, is not as comprehensible as Vedantadipa! This scholastic work of Acarya Ramanuja though appreciated well in the circle of the learned; the purpose of ultimate knowledge reaching the common reader remained unfulfilled. The ever compassionate Acarya Ramanuja with his humanitarian concern took up the task of simplification of his original commentary written to 'Brahmasotras: to make it understandable to one and all, wrote Vedantadipa. True to its epithet 'Vedantadipa, holds its position of Beacon of ultimate philosophy'. The condensed form of commentary of 'Brahma sutras are not short on its lucid interpretation of the import.
Alluding to every authentic text to firmly expound the theory of principles of Nature of god (Supreme Being) individual self, and matter, their relation to each other, Acarya Ramanuja has shown, the coherence among the statements of upanisads, purarjas and others. (Jivatma) Individual self being sub-servient to the Supreme Being, through undivided devotion to Him (Supreme Being) could attain to the abode of eternal bliss of rimandrayaria, (Parambrahma). The school of Vigistadvaita strongly professes above all, the unconditional love and devotion unto the god as the only way to attain Salvation that is ' serving the Lord in his abode eternally beyond the grasp of transmigration of birth and death.
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