Vedanta kamadhenu dashashloki

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Vedāntakāmadhenu daśaślokī
File:Sudarśanāvatāra Śrī Nimbārkācharya Ji.jpg
Sudarśanāvatāra Śrī Nimbārkācharya Ji, The author of Vedāntakāmadhenu daśaślokī
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ReligionHinduism
AuthorNimbarkacharya
LanguageSanskrit
Verses10

The Vedanta kamadhenu dashashloki (Sanskrit: वेदान्तकामधेनु दशश्लोकी, romanizedVedāntakāmadhenu daśaślokī) is a Sanskrit hymn by the Hindu philosopher Nimbarkacharya of the Nimbarka Sampradaya tradition.[1]

Soteriology

The style of the “Daśaślokī” is very simple, suited to a devotee who does not want to be bothered with abstract logical theories and hair-splitting wranglings, but wants to have the truth immediately in a nut-shell.[2][3]

Hymn

Nimbārka clarifies the characteristics of the individual soul, giving its size and qualities, stating from the very start that it is dependent upon Hari, which is a decidedly Vaiṣṇava view of Brahman.[1]

jñānasvarūpañ ca harer adhīnaṁ śarīrasaṁyogaviyogayogyamaṇuṁ hi jīvaṁ pratidehabhinnaṁ jñātṛtvavantaṁ yad anantam āhuḥ ॥[3]

The individual soul has knowledge as its [essential] nature, is dependent upon Hari, worthy of association and disassociation with bodies, atomic, different in every body, possesses the quality of being a knower and is declared to be infinite in number.[4]

— Dasha Shloki, Verse 1

Commentaries

The Vedāntakāmadhenu Daśaślokī have been extensively commented upon by several scholars. Among them, the three primary commentaries[5] are:

  • Vedāntaratnamañjūṣā of Śrī Puruṣottamāchārya[6][5]
  • Vedānta Siddhāntaratnāñjali of Śrī Harivyāsa Devāchārya[7][8][9][5][1]
  • Vedāntalaghumañjūṣā of Śrī Giridhara dāsa[6][5]

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bhandarkar 2014, p. 63.
  2. Bose 2014, p. 920.
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Ramnarace 2014, p. 189.
  4. Ramnarace 2014, p. 190.
  5. Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Dasgupta 1988, p. 403.
  6. Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 Agrawal 2013, p. 269.
  7. Naganath, Dr S. Srikanta Sastri, English Translation by S. (2022-05-11). Indian Culture: A Compendium of Indian History, Culture and Heritage. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63806-511-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Upadhyay 1978, p. 305.
  9. Dasgupta 1988, p. 399.

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