Apart from the excerpts quoted by Sri Ramanuja nothing else of Bodhayana Vrtti is extant today. The words of the Sutra will be explained ( sutraksarani vyakhyasyante) in accordance with their views and traditions ( tan-mata-anusarena).īhagavad Bhodayana kritam vistirnam Brahma-sutra – vrttim purvacharyah samskipuh I tan-mata-anusarena sutraksarani vyakhyasyante IIģ.2. In the opening verse of Sri Bhashya, Sri Ramanuja says: ‘The previous Masters have abridged ( purvacharyah samskipuh) the detailed commentary on Brahma sutra which had been composed by Bhagavad Bodhayana ( Bhagavad Bhodayana kritam vistirnam Brahma-sutra – vrttim). And, Sri Ramanuja based his commentary of Brahma Sutra ( Sri Bhashya) on the explanations given in that abridged version.ģ.1. Obviously, what Sri Ramanuja read and what Sri Kuresa memorized was the abridged ( Sanskiptha) version of Bodhayana Vrtti. Then, it is said, Sri Ramanuja’s disciple Sri Kuresa (Kurattalvan or Srivatsanka Misra) gifted with remarkable memory-power memorized the complete text of Bhodayana’s Brahma Sutra Vrtti written in the ancient document.Ģ.4. But, the Library authorities allowed him to read it within the premises of the Library and, they did not permit him to take the fragmented old text out of the Library. It was finally located in the State Library. It is said once in Srinagar (Kashmir) Sri Ramanuja had considerable difficulty in tracing the copy of Bodhayana’s Vrtti.
They are said to have traveled up from the western coastal belt of India to the eastern regions of Puri, Kasi, Naimish-aranya, Varanasi, Salagrama in Nepal then West to Dwaraka, Pushkaram, on to Bhatti (near Lahore) and finally into the Himalayan districts of Kashmir valley.Ģ.3. But, the route taken by Sri Ramanuja and his disciples was much circuitous. When he learnt that fragments of Bodhayana’s Brahma-Sutra-Vrtti were available in Kashmir, Sri Ramanuja, who by then was past sixty years of age, set out on a long and an hazardous journey, with a small band of disciples starting from Sri Rangam in deep South to Srinagar up North in the foothills of the Himalayas, a straight-distance of more than 3, 300 KMs. It seems that even Sri Yamunacharya the predecessor of Ramanuja had not seen a copy of Bodhayana Vrtti.Ģ.2. But, the work of Bodhayana was not available anywhere in South India.
The text ascribed to Bodhayana had the reputation of being the most authoritative explanation of the Brahma Sutras, based in a philosophy of theism, which was also the way Sri Ramanuja understood the Upanishads. As Sri Ramanuja (1017–1137 A D) was preparing to write his Bhashya (detailed commentary) on the Brahma Sutras, he wished to consult the Brahma–Sutra-Vrtti of Bodhayana. But, his commentaries on Mimamsa Sutra were lost much earlier and, had passed out of existence by the time of Kumarila Bhatta (Ca. It seems that fragments of his Brahma Sutra Vritti were extant till about the 11 th century. All the works ascribed to Bodhayana are dispersed and are lost and, none is available now. His commentary profoundly influenced the followers of his doctrine.ġ.3. Bodhayana is regarded amongst the early commentator on Brahma Sutra and one who came to be recognized as an authority by generations of commentators that followed him. Since the commentaries covered both karma and Jnana kanda-s, Bodhayana was respected as an adept in both aspects of Mimamsa.ġ.2. It is also said that his commentary on Brahma Sutra ( Brahma–sutra Vrtti), in particular, was quite detailed. It is said Bodhayana the Vrttikara had written commentaries on all the twenty parts of Mimamsa, covering both the Purva and Uttara Mimamsa.
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