[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Is Ramanuja a Demon? Is his Sribhashya a ku-bhashya?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, 18 Sept, 2025, 5:46 pm Krishna Kashyap, <kkashyap2011 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> namaste Subbu Ji,
>
> in which work Raghavendra swami says this:
> Raghavendra Swamy has praised Madhvacharya as the one whose feet dust will
> liberate Shiva, etc. And also the Shankara nindaa part.?
>
> Please give a citation.
>

Dear Krishna ji,

In the invocatory verse composed by Raghavendra (Swamy) Tirtha to his
prakāśikā to the Tatparyachandrika of Vyasatirtha, the former says, in the
second verse cited below: Let foot-dust of Purnaprajna (Madhwacharya) that
causes the liberation (nirvāṇagati) of Śarva (Shiva) etc. gods (gīrvāṇa)
protect us always.

https://archive.org/details/tatparya-chandrika-of-vyasa-tirtha-dvaita-vedanta-studies-and-research-foundation/page/2/mode/2up


समस्तगुणसंपूर्ण सर्वदोषविवर्जितम् । शानिप्रियतमं वन्दे मुक्तिदं कमलापतिम् ॥
१॥
*शर्वादिसर्वगीर्वाणनिर्वाणगतिहेतवः । पूर्णप्रज्ञपदाम्भोजपासवः पान्तु नः सदा
॥ २ ॥*

The following was shared with me by a friend: Regarding the Shankara nindā
by Raghavendra Tirtha:  The gist of the Kannada write-up is:

In this link
https://srimadhvyasa.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sanskrit-prameyanavamalika-01062013.pdf
is a book *Goodha Bhaava Prakaashika Vyakhya Authored by Sri Raghavendra
Theertha, a gloss on Prameya Nava Malika (Anu Madhwa Vijaya ) of Sri
Narayana Pandithacharya.  (Raghavendra Tirtha was known as Mahabhāshya
Venkta Bhatta in his pre-monastic life, when he wrote the commentary. There
he has denigrated Shankara (and by extension, the other pre-Madhwa Sutra
bhashya authors). One can see that in the linked pdf provided above.  *

ಮಂತ್ರಾಲಯದ ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳು ಶಂಕರರ ನಿಂದೆಯನ್ನು ಎಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಮಾಡಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು
ಹೇಳುವವರು ಈ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಕಿರುಲೇಖನವನ್ನು ನೋಡಬಹುದು.

ನಾರಾಯಣ ಪಂಡಿತನ ಅಣುಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರಮೇಯನವಮಾಲಿಕಾ ಎಂಬ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಹಾಭಾಷ್ಯ
ವೆಂಕಟಭಟ್ಟ (ನಂತರ ಇವರೇ ಮಂತ್ರಾಲಯದ ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳಾದರು) ಬರೆದ ಗೂಢಭಾವಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಕಾ
ಎಂಬ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನವಿದೆ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿರುವ ಶಂಕರನಿಂದಾ ಭಾಗಗಳು-

ಎರಡನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ क्रोधतन्त्रा भूत्वा भूमौ कुशास्त्रं व्याधिषत
मणिमत्पूर्वकाः ಎಂದು ನಾರಾಯಣ ಪಂಡಿತ ಹೇಳಿದೆಡೆ, ವೆಂಕಟಭಟ್ಟರು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ -
"*मणिमदाख्यदैत्यपूर्वकाः क्रोधतन्त्राः कोपपरवशाः सन्तः भूमौ
संकरादिनामत्वेनोत्पद्य कुशास्त्रं दुःशास्त्रं व्यधिषताकार्षुः*". ಇಲ್ಲಿ
ಶಂಕರರನ್ನೇ ಅವರು ಹೇಳಿರುವುದು ಸುಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ. ಮುಂದಿನ ಶ್ಲೋಕದ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಹ
"*संकरकृतदुःशास्त्रेण*" ಎಂದು ದೂಷಣೆ ಮುಂದುವರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ.

ಒಂಭತ್ತನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾರಾಯಣ ಪಂಡಿತ दुष्टभाष्यापनोदी ಎಂದರೆ ವೆಂಕಟಭಟ್ಟ
"*दुष्टस्य संस्करस्य भाष्यं दुष्टं च तद्भाष्यं च इति वा*" ಎಂದು ಶಂಕರರನ್ನು
ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಭಾಷ್ಯವನ್ನು ದುಷ್ಟ ಎಂದು ಕರೆದಿರುವುದು ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತದೆ. ಹೀಗೆ
ಸ್ವಮತಾಭಿನಿವೇಶದಿಂದ ರಾಯರೂ ಸಹ ಅನ್ಯಮತಾಚಾರ್ಯರನ್ನು ನಿಂದೆ ಮಾಡಿರುವುದು ಖೇದಕರ. ಇರಲಿ,
ರಾಯರ ಭಕ್ತರಾದರೂ ಇದನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರೆಸದಿರಲಿ.

ಇತಿ ಶಂ.


warm regards
subbu


> *Best Regards,*
>
> *Krishna Kashyap*
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM Krishna Kashyap via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting article.
>>>
>>> I've heard that among Kannadigas (since I am a Bangalorean), smartas
>>> marrying Madhvas is a common practice. Most people dont even question
>>> this
>>> practice. Should I understand that these Madhvas who have married
>>> Smarthas
>>> have never read, understood, or agreed with these scriptures by Madhva
>>> scholars?
>>>
>>
>> In many cases such Madhva - Smarta marriages happen in the non-scholarly
>> Madhva circles.  Orthodox Madhwas/scholars would not recommend/support such
>> a mix.  There is also this practice in some cases: A Madhva family would
>> take a Smarta girl as their daughter in law and she will (have to) conform
>> to their practices. But they would not give their daughters to the Smarta
>> family.
>>
>> Most Smarthas also do not know of the Shankaracharya/Advaiti ninda in the
>> Madhva books. There is also the Raghavendra Swamy following among a very
>> large Smarta community. Again, they do not know of the antithesis:
>> Raghavendra Swamy has praised Madhvacharya as the one whose feet dust will
>> liberate Shiva, etc. And also the Shankara nindaa part.
>>
>> regards
>> subbu
>>
>>>
>>> *Best Regards,*
>>>
>>> *Krishna Kashyap*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM V Subrahmanian <
>>> v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Here is an article on the above topic:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/demonization-of-ramanujacharya-in-madhwa-books.pdf
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > regards
>>> > subbu
>>> >
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