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Introduction
under the guidance of his spiritual master, Çréla Viçvanätha
Cakravarté Öhäkura.
In 1706 Çréla Viçvanätha Cakravarté Öhäkura sent him to Galta
(near Jaipur, India) to prove the authenticity of Çré Caitanya
Mahäprabhu's movement. The Rämänandés (a local branch of
the Çré Vaiñëava sampradäya) argued that the Gauòiya
Vaiñëavas, having no commentary on Vedänta-sütra, were not
a bona-fide disiplic lineage and therefore had no right to
worship Govindajé or any of the other Deities of Vrëdävana.
By the grace of the Govindajé Deity, Çréla Baladeva
Vidyäbhüñaëa swiftly compiled a wonderful commentary on
Vedänta, Govinda-bhäsya.
Çréla Baladeva Vidyäbhüñaëa was a prolific and influential
author of works in the Vedic tradition. His most important
works are: Govinda-bhäsya, Siddhänta-ratna, Vedäntasyamantaka,
Prameya-ratnavälé, Siddhänta-darpaëa, Aisvaryakadämbiné,
Sahitya-kaumudé, Chandaù-kaustubha, Kavyakaustubha,
Bhagavad-gétä-bhäsya, Vaiñëav-änändiné téka (a
commentary on Çrémad-Bhägavatam), as well as commenatries
on Tattva-sandarbha, Stäva-mälä, Gopala-tapani Upaniñad,
Viñëusahasranäma, Laghu-bhagavatämåta, Naöaka-candrika,
and Çyämänända-ñäöaka.
Why Çré Viñëusahasranäma was Narrated
Many Vaiñëava devotees and other people throughout the
world accept Bhagavad-gétä as the finest example of spiritual
instruction. Bhagavad-gétä is, of course, a section of
Mahäbhärata. Çré Viñëusahasranäma is part of the same
work—Mahäbhärata—written by the same author: Çréla
Vyäsadeva. To really understand the exalted purpose and deep
meaning of Çré Viñëusahasranäma, it is instructive to consider
the context in which it is narrated in Mahäbhärata.
After the great Battle of Kurukñetra, King Yudhiñöhéra, the
eldest of the five Paëòava brothers, was in great anxiety. As a
sensitive and compassionate devotee, he was distraught at the
tremendous death and suffering caused by the war, which was
fought in part to protect his claim to the throne of the Kuru
dynasty. Çré Bhéçma was lying on his deathbed of arrows.
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