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Vedanta kamadhenu dashashloki
Sanskrit hymn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Vedanta kamadhenu dashashloki (Sanskrit: वेदान्तकामधेनु दशश्लोकी, romanized: Vedāntakāmadhenu daśaślokī) is a Sanskrit hymn by the Hindu philosopher Nimbarkacharya of the Nimbarka Sampradaya tradition.[1]
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Soteriology
The style of the "Daśaślokī" is very simple, suited to a devotee who does not want to be bothered with abstract logical theories and hair-splitting wranglings, but wants to have the truth immediately in a nut-shell.[2][3]
Hymn
Nimbārka clarifies the characteristics of the individual soul, giving its size and qualities, stating from the very start that it is dependent upon Hari, which is a decidedly Vaiṣṇava view of Brahman.[1]
jñānasvarūpañ ca harer adhīnaṁ śarīrasaṁyogaviyogayogyam । aṇuṁ hi jīvaṁ pratidehabhinnaṁ jñātṛtvavantaṁ yad anantam āhuḥ ॥[3]
The individual soul has knowledge as its [essential] nature, is dependent upon Hari, worthy of association and disassociation with bodies, atomic, different in every body, possesses the quality of being a knower and is declared to be infinite in number.[4]
— Dasha Shloki, Verse 1
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Commentaries
The Vedānta kāmadhenu Daśaślokī have been extensively commented upon by several scholars. Among them, the three primary commentaries[5] are:
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