Anuvakhyana

- Dr.Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya's Sarvamoola Sudha.

English Translation Harshala Rajesh.

In Brahmasutrabhasya, importance is given only for representation of Sutras. Review of other commentaries are done very breifly in few places. Anuvakhyana is not like that. Review of other commentaries is the primary subject of this work. Along with that, the important concept of his teachings viz.,vishNusarvOtammatwa (Supremacy of Lord Vishnu), tAratamya(gradation of souls), vishESha, bEdha etc are extensively presented. Brahmasutrabhasya is mainly a prose work and only the examples of the proofs (pramANa) are in the form of Shlokas (verses).Anuvakhyana is in the form of shlOkas (Verses) and all the representation of primary proofs (pramANa) are also accepted in the form of Verses.

Sumadhwavijaya has recorded the background and incidents leading to the compostion of Anuvakhyana :

Realising Acharya's greatness in all areas, Trivikrimapanditacharya became his disciple. When he was instructes to write a gloss for his commentary by Acharya, TrivikramaPanditacharya prayed to Acharya "Each of your composition is efficacious, distinguished,but I do not have the capability to digest the line of thought filled in it. You have to please grace us wiht another work which will clarify the meanings in them".This is similar to incident in Bhagavata where Narada asks SriVedavyasa to compose Bhagavata and grace everyone.Immediately Srimadacharya gathered four of his students and started dictating the script to them. 4 students and a Work of four chapters; He was instructing four chapters to four of them at the same time. The students kept taking the notes. All the four chapters concluded at the same time and the Work was ready. That is Anuvakhyana. What a stroke of genius!What a work !A masterpiece in VedanticWorld was composed like an impromptu poem. Complex Vedanta emanated like a poem. The world has not witnessed an other intellectual marvel like this.

Result of Narada's prayer - SriVEdavyasa's Srimadbhagavatamrita. Result of Trivikramapanditacharya's request Srimadacharya's Anuvakyanamrita. The one who gave the nector of Bhagavata - Vedavyasa is Supreme Lord himself and Acharya SriMadhwa who gave the nector of Anuvakhyana is bhagavatpAda

The list of Commentaries on Anuvakhyana

sannyAya ratnAvali - padmanabhatIrtha

nayachaMdrika - nArAyanapaMDita

world famous nyAyasudhA - Sri Jayateertaru - commentaries on nyAyasudha have exceeded 30 in number of which SrivAdirAja's gruvarthadIpikA,srI yadupatyAcharyA's nyAyasudhAvivRuti, vyAkyArthachandrika of srividyAdhIshatIrtha,srI kEShavAchArya panduraMgi's shEShavAkyarthachaMdrika, srI rAghavEMdra's parimaLa are important.