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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.This excellent commentary was printed some time a^o in Grantha characters by the late

Mahamahopadhyaya

Vedantakesari

BrahmaSri

Ga^apati astrigal of Panganad. Since it is more elaborate and helpful than that of the famous Sri Vidyaranya and since it even criticisesthe latter in

some

places, I thought

it

could be

very usefully includedthat are issued

amongSri

the Sastra Booklets

from the

Vani Vilas Press and

thus

made

available

for a larger Public.is

The

[j author of the commentary Abhinava 3ankara whoseclear.

stated tois

be one

identity

not quite

But

I

amof

led to consider

him

as one with

Venkatanatha, the author of Brahmanandagiri-the most excellent commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, published some months ago in the Sri Vani Vilas Sastra series.

the

Guru

Venkatanatha speaks of his Guru as Abhinava 3ankara Rama Brahmananda and mentions a work named Pashandagajakesari as his. This

commentator also is named as Abhinava S'ankara and he also mentions the above work as his'

(vide p. 77).

It

is

quite probable that the two

Abhinava Sankaras were one and the same and

t >

11

on the that Venkatanatha wrote a commentary but Pasha^dagajakesari of his Guru. These aresurmises andtill

INTRODUCTION.a rare but excellant commentary on Sri Rudra is conceived of as Sri Rudradhyaya.

we have

to rest satisfied with

them

This

is

is any manuscript of Pashandagajakesari of found out. I would be very thankful if any

the

numerous readers of

this

book who come

the highest teaching of the entire Vedic literature and is held to be very sacred particularly as it

the same across such a manuscript, kindly send

contains the 3iva Panchakshari Mantra.

to me.

WT. K. Balasubrahmanyam.Its

si,

si

and importance as an invaluable help to happiness here and hereafter and for the attainment of final beatitude are emphasised in the preliminary portion of the commentarygreatness

by giving copious references to passages in the Vedas, the Smritis and the Puranas. He gives the Nyasas, details about there also some Abhisheka Vidhi and Puja Prakara. In the

main body of the book he gives out the Rishis, Chhandas and Devata for each mantra and also mentions how to make Purascharana and whatis

the particular benefitit.

thatwill

can be expected

from

All the same,

it

be noted that these

any aspirant to embark on any practical course without properdetails will

not

suffice

to help

initiation

and

guidance from a proper Guru.

11

111

The commentaryandis

is

simpler andSri

more

idetailed

dates

cannot

than the standard Bhashya ofinterpretation.

be

determined

with

the scantythis

Sayanacharya

material available.is

Recent or ancient,

bookofSri

a distinct acquisition to the field of Vedic

bound

to be useful to all

whothe

desire to have a

closer

acquaintance

with

purport

Abhinava Sankara, the name givencommentator,is

to the

Rudra.scriptitself in

This was published years ago in Grantha

obviously a honorific title. He mentions on page 66 of this book that- he has written another book called Pashandagajatesari

and

later

on by the

Sri

Vani Vilas Pressthe editions are

Devanagari.

As both

long out of print, we feel sure that this freshedition will be

welcomed by theR.

public.

Venkatanatha the author of the Brahmanandagiri Vyakhya on Srimad Bhagavad Gita mentionsthat his

Krishnaswamy Aiyar.

Guru was Abhinava Sankaracharya Rama Brahmananda Tirtha and specifically refers to Pashandagaja kesari as a work of his Guru and to a commentary on the same byThere can therefore be no doubt that that Guru is identical with the author of this Srihimself.

5

Rudra Bhashyam.titles

Evidently fascinated by the given to him, an attempt is made to makeis

himfor

the head of a mutt but thereit

no warrantdisciple

particularly

as

he

or

his

Venkatanatha makes no mention of any Mutt. So Venkatanatha criticises MadhusudanaSarasvati, he

and

his

Guru must be considered

as relatively recent

authors though their exact

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