Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam () is a series of Sanskrit commentaries on the

Prasthanatrayi Prasthanatrayi (, IAST: ), literally, ''three sources (or axioms)'', refers to the three canonical texts of theology having epistemic authority, especially of the Vedanta schools. It consists of: # The Upanishads, known as ' (injunctive texts), a ...

(the

Brahma Sutra The ''Brahma Sūtras'' (), also known as the Vedanta Sūtra (Sanskrit: वेदान्त सूत्र), Shariraka Sūtra, and Bhikshu-sūtra, are a Sanskrit text which criticizes the metaphysical dualism of the influential Samkhya philos ...

, the

Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (; ), often referred to as the Gita (), is a Hindu texts, Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, which forms part of the Hindu epic, epic poem Mahabharata. The Gita is a synthesis of various strands of Ind ...

, and eleven

Upanishads The Upanishads (; , , ) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that "document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions" and the emergence of the central religious concepts of Hind ...

), authored by

Rambhadracharya Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Giridhar Mishra on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwrigh ...

. These commentaries were released on 10 April 1998 by the then Prime Minister of India,

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 ...

.Dinkar 2008, pp. 40–43. Rambhadracharya composed a commentary on

Narada Bhakti Sutra The ''Narada Bhakti Sutra'' (IAST: ) is a well known sutra venerated within the traditions of Hinduism, reportedly spoken by the famous sage, Narada. The text details the process of devotion (Bhakti), or Bhakti yoga and is thus of particular ...

in 1991, and thus revived the tradition of Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi after five hundred years. This was also the second commentary of the Ramananda Sampradaya on Prasthanatrayi, the first being the Ānandabhāṣyam, composed by

Ramananda Jagadguru Swami Ramananda (IAST: Rāmānanda) or Ramanandacharya was an Indian 14th-century Hindu Vaishnava devotional poet Sant (religion), saint, who lived in the Gangetic basin of northern India. The Hindu tradition recognizes him as the f ...

himself. These commentaries were published by Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas. The author won the ''Rajshekhar Samman'' from the Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Bhopal, for the commentaries.Chandra 2008, p. 21.

Reviews

Rambhadracharya in Anand Mudra while Bhajan

Dr. Shivram Sharma, a Sanskrit scholar from

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, wrote in his review of ''Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam'' on the eleven Upanishads that it is replete with novel thoughts and Sanskrit derivations, and that Rambhadracharya has shown Rama as the ''Pratipādya'' of the all Upanishads by the wonderful dexterity of ''Vyutpatti''s of Sanskrit words. Sharma adds that the style of interspersed Sanskrit translations of the works of Tulsidas further enhances the literary merit of the work. Dr. Vishnu Dutt Rakesh, a Hindi professor and author from

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, said that the ''Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam'' on Bhagavad Gita has the broadest coverage of all Sanskrit commentaries on Gita with "convincing discussion, propounding of theories with evidence, contradiction of others, creative genius and an independent style of composition".Rakesh, Dr. Vishnu Dutt. ''Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣya – Commentary on Śrīmadbhagavadgītā''. In Nagar (2002), pp. 735–743. Dr. Brajesh Dikshit, Sanskrit scholar from Jabalpur, said that the ''Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam'' on the Prasthānatrayī is formidable and adorns the Ramananda tradition with greatness. He added that the ''Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam'' on Narada Bhakti Sutra and Śrīrāmastavarājastotram are successful in establishing the five ''Prasthāna''s in place of the three ''Prasthāna''s of Prasthānatrayī.Dikshit, Dr. Brajendra. "अतुला गीर्जगद्गुरोः he speech of Jagadguru is incomparable (in Sanskrit, Hindi). In Sharma, Sushil and Shrivastav (2011), pp. 719–721.

Philosophy

Rakesh said that the works follow the

branch of

Vishishtadvaita Vishishtadvaita (IAST '; ) is a school of Hindu philosophy belonging to the Vedanta tradition. Vedanta refers to the profound interpretation of the Vedas based on Prasthanatrayi. Vishishta Advaita, meaning "non-duality with distinctions", is a ...

school. There is a fierce contradiction of Advaita school of Vedanta, which is characterized with a "bold declaration" by the commentator at the beginning of the commentary on Bhagavad Gita: The commentator reiterates the challenge in the Hindi poetic translation of the above verse:

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