[Advaita-l] Bhakti, Bhagavata Purana & Sankara

[Sankaran Aniruddhan]

namaste,

> my point is why the Bhashyakara Pada is silent in his
> Bhashyas throughout, about anyone other than Narayana.
> what is the meaning of this conspicious absense. thats
> all.  nothing more than that.

Possible reason #1: Bhagavatpada may not be using words like
vishnu, narayana etc in their popular connotation (which
refers only to a particular form of god). He may be using
them considering their basic meaning. For example, Vishnu
means sarva-vyApi or all-pervading. So when He says Vishnu,
He is referring to the all-pervading Atman.

Possible reason #2: It is possible that Bhagavatpada's
ishta-devata was Vishnu, so He salutes Him in his bhashyas.

Or maybe, being Parameshwara's incarnation, He didn't want
to salute Himself! :-)

Aniruddhan

Sruti smRti purANAnAm Alayam karuNAlayam
namAmi bhagavatpAda Sam.karam lokaSam.karam