श्रीवैष्णवमताब्जभास्करः
Śrī Vaiṣṇava-matābja-bhāskara
The Sun That Opens the Lotus of Vaiṣṇava Teaching
Ten answers on reality, mantra, meditation, liberation, devotion, Vaiṣṇava life, the supreme goal, and sacred dwelling
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Rāmānandācārya answers ten questions from his disciple Surasurānanda: What is reality? Which mantras should a Vaiṣṇava recite? How should one meditate? What leads to freedom? What is the highest dharma? Who is a Vaiṣṇava, how should a devotee live, what is the goal, and where should one dwell?
This complete reading edition presents every Sanskrit root verse beside a fresh English translation, collated against two Sanskrit-Hindi witnesses. The archival page remains available for checking the historical source.
Complete contents
01मङ्गलाचरण एवं दश प्रश्नInvocation and the Ten QuestionsInvocations to Rāma and Sītā, followed by the ten questions that order the entire work.Verses 1–4→02तत्त्वत्रयनिरूपणम्The Three RealitiesPrakṛti, the conscious self, and the Supreme Lord are distinguished within one ordered reality.Verses 5–9→03रहस्यत्रयनिरूपणम्The Three Secret MantrasA sustained word-by-word interpretation of Tāraka, the Rāma Dvaya, and Rāma’s final assurance of refuge.Verses 10–54→04ध्याननिरूपणम्Meditation on Sītā and RāmaSix verses gather the Divine Couple’s form into a concise contemplative vision.Verses 55–60→05मुक्तिसाधननिरूपणम्The Means to LiberationInitiation, teacher and disciple, devotion, vows, surrender, grace, and the place of disciplined action.Verses 61–119→06मुख्यधर्मनिरूपणम्The Supreme Vaiṣṇava DharmaNon-harm, consecrated worship, renunciant discipline, offering, and embodied reverence.Verses 120–137→07वैष्णवभेदनिरूपणम्The Kinds of VaiṣṇavasBound and liberated souls, seekers, the surrendered, eternal attendants, and modes of liberated devotion.Verses 138–158→08वैष्णवलक्षणनिरूपणम्The Marks of a VaiṣṇavaThe visible and inward marks of a life centred in Hari and in the company of his devotees.Verses 159–166→09कालक्षेपनिरूपणम्How a Vaiṣṇava Passes the TimeA daily rhythm of worship, scripture, sacred place, service, recitation, and remembrance.Verses 167–175→10प्राप्यनिरूपणम्The GoalThe Lord as the supreme goal and the soul’s passage along the path of light into irreversible joy.Verses 176–185→11वैष्णवनिवासस्थाननिरूपणम्Sacred Dwelling PlacesA devotional geography from Vaikuṇṭha and Ayodhyā to Vraja, Pāṇḍuraṅga, Kāñcī, and the southern sacred hills.Verses 186–200→12ग्रन्थफलश्रुतिःClosing Instruction and FruitThe discipline of receiving the teaching and Rāmānanda’s prayer that it dispel inward darkness.Verses 201–204→