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as sāmrājya-nibhandhanam (a proposed constitution for India).
The prose writings of Vasishtha Ganapati Muni too are
extensive and these include: commentaries on several texts including
Vedas and Upanishads; study on the different characters of the
great epic poem Mahābhārata; letters to Sri Ramana Maharshi,
The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and others.
His commentaries on Rigvedic mantras and the isopanişad,
though brief, are revealing and illumining. The Muni has given his
own original spiritual interpretation of the mantras, and he was
highly critical of the ritualistic interpretation of Rigvedic mantras
by Sayana. His commentary on the isopaniṣad is original and is in
the light of the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi. His bhārata-
caritramīmāṁsā is unique as it establishes a link between some
of the important characters of the mahābhārata and those men-
tioned in the Vedic texts. ramaṇagītā, saddarśana and the com-
mentary on the upadeśasāram (thirty verses written by Sri Ramana
Maharshi in Sanskrit), are most popular writings of the Muni
which reveal the greatness of the teachings of Sri Ramana
Maharshi.
His novel, pūrnā, in Sanskrit, though unfinished, is unique
in many ways. The style and diction that the Muni used here make
it an unparalleled novel of his time. It not only depicts the ability of
the Muni to write beautifully and spontaneously in Sanskrit prose,
but it also records his power of expressing the feelings of the heart
and not just the logic of the mind.
In the letters of the Muni to Sri Maharshi and The Mother
of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, one can find the art of letter-writing
in Sanskrit. Through these letters he was able to express lucidly
his deepest aspirations, concepts and thoughts.
However, it is difficult to summarise the thoughts, percep-
tions and literary ability of the Muni. The Muni, indeed, was a
versatile genius and can be compared with Kalidasa and Shankara
XX
The prose writings of Vasishtha Ganapati Muni too are
extensive and these include: commentaries on several texts including
Vedas and Upanishads; study on the different characters of the
great epic poem Mahābhārata; letters to Sri Ramana Maharshi,
The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and others.
His commentaries on Rigvedic mantras and the isopanişad,
though brief, are revealing and illumining. The Muni has given his
own original spiritual interpretation of the mantras, and he was
highly critical of the ritualistic interpretation of Rigvedic mantras
by Sayana. His commentary on the isopaniṣad is original and is in
the light of the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi. His bhārata-
caritramīmāṁsā is unique as it establishes a link between some
of the important characters of the mahābhārata and those men-
tioned in the Vedic texts. ramaṇagītā, saddarśana and the com-
mentary on the upadeśasāram (thirty verses written by Sri Ramana
Maharshi in Sanskrit), are most popular writings of the Muni
which reveal the greatness of the teachings of Sri Ramana
Maharshi.
His novel, pūrnā, in Sanskrit, though unfinished, is unique
in many ways. The style and diction that the Muni used here make
it an unparalleled novel of his time. It not only depicts the ability of
the Muni to write beautifully and spontaneously in Sanskrit prose,
but it also records his power of expressing the feelings of the heart
and not just the logic of the mind.
In the letters of the Muni to Sri Maharshi and The Mother
of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, one can find the art of letter-writing
in Sanskrit. Through these letters he was able to express lucidly
his deepest aspirations, concepts and thoughts.
However, it is difficult to summarise the thoughts, percep-
tions and literary ability of the Muni. The Muni, indeed, was a
versatile genius and can be compared with Kalidasa and Shankara
XX