Commentary on the Panchadasi : - Post-1. Swami Krishnananda.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discourse -1. Chapter - 1: Tattva Viveka – Discrimination of Reality Slokam : 1to 5. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first two slokams of the First Chapter of the Panchadasi constitute a prayer to Swami Vidyaranya’s Guru. In all ancient texts, the Guru is offered a prayer first. This is a tradition which has been followed always, and the Panchadasi author also follows this respected tradition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam-1. "Namaḥ sri sankarananda guru padambu janmane, savilasa maha moha graha grasaika karmane " Sankarananda was a great sannyasin under whom Vidyaranya appears to have studied. Sankarananda wrote, to our knowledge, two great works, one which is called Atma Purana, an epic type of description of the contents of the Upani...