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णस्य कचित्कोणे निविष्टमन्त्रार्थवादपुराणवचनादिलेशमवल-
म्य जीवभावं वक्तुं नास्मज्जिह्वा प्रवर्तते । तथा चेन्मूर्धा च
शतधा भवति । वेदवैदिकद्रोहो देवताद्रोहश्च जायते । अतो
नारायणः परब्रह्मकोटिरेवेत्यस्माकं सिद्धान्तः ।
"Our tongue would not rise to assert on the strength
of a few mantras, arthavadas and puranic texts
found in some corner that Narayana who has been
settled to be Parabrahman in the Mahabharata
Vishnupurana and other works which have been
written with the sole purpose of expounding the
heart of the Vedas by great sages like Vedavyasa
who descended into the world for classifying the
Vedas and analysing them; like Parasara who was
blessed with knowledge of the truth about the
ultimate Deity by Pulastya's boon-that Narayana
who has been unanimously worshipped by all
Sadhus as Parbrahmam is a jiva. If we attempted
anything like that our head would burst into a
hundred pieces and we should be guilty of
treachery to the Vedas, Rishis and the Deity itself."
The above words deserve to be engraved in letters.
of gold. It is earnestly hoped that this rare liberal
spirit may be imitated and copied by the whole
religious world. In the Sivatatvaviveka, Dikshitar
suggests and develops several ways of approach
between the rival views. A close study of Dikshi-
णस्य कचित्कोणे निविष्टमन्त्रार्थवादपुराणवचनादिलेशमवल-
म्य जीवभावं वक्तुं नास्मज्जिह्वा प्रवर्तते । तथा चेन्मूर्धा च
शतधा भवति । वेदवैदिकद्रोहो देवताद्रोहश्च जायते । अतो
नारायणः परब्रह्मकोटिरेवेत्यस्माकं सिद्धान्तः ।
"Our tongue would not rise to assert on the strength
of a few mantras, arthavadas and puranic texts
found in some corner that Narayana who has been
settled to be Parabrahman in the Mahabharata
Vishnupurana and other works which have been
written with the sole purpose of expounding the
heart of the Vedas by great sages like Vedavyasa
who descended into the world for classifying the
Vedas and analysing them; like Parasara who was
blessed with knowledge of the truth about the
ultimate Deity by Pulastya's boon-that Narayana
who has been unanimously worshipped by all
Sadhus as Parbrahmam is a jiva. If we attempted
anything like that our head would burst into a
hundred pieces and we should be guilty of
treachery to the Vedas, Rishis and the Deity itself."
The above words deserve to be engraved in letters.
of gold. It is earnestly hoped that this rare liberal
spirit may be imitated and copied by the whole
religious world. In the Sivatatvaviveka, Dikshitar
suggests and develops several ways of approach
between the rival views. A close study of Dikshi-