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Can anyone please tell me when this serial ’Bharathathil Dharmam’ was started and where can I get the archive from episode 1. Unfortunately, maransdog site starts from 6th Jan 2010, but from that I infer the serial was started earlier. I will be highly grateful if the archives can be made available or indicate where I can find.
Thanks.

Purushottama Yogam – Chapter 15 – Bhagavad Gita.

Sri Ramanujaya nama:

The aSvattam or the figurative Banyan Tree (arasa-maram in Tamizh) refers to the
eternal insentient matter (moola-prakRti) for which the
Purushottama (Supreme Person or Bhagavaan kRishNa) is the Inner Controller (antar-yAmi).

The root of the tree is the catur-mukha-brahmaa and its branches are the countless
bonded beings (kshara) transmigrating in the samsAra re-incarnating in
Human/Plant/Animal/Divine bodies according to their past deeds.

The vedas represent the ”leaves” of this metaphoric Banyan tree,
because the karma-khaaNDa or the rituals portion of the vedas,
prescribe various sacrifices ( such as putra-kaameshTi, jyotishToma etc)
which only help to grow the branches of samsAra even further.

But a true knower of the veda-s is the one understands the means of
setting oneself free from the samsAric Banyan Tree.

The same vedas also instruct that all same vedic sacrifices,
if done without any attachment or selfish motive,
become true devotional worship (bhagavad-aaraadhanam) .

Once Bhagavaan Purushottama, being pleased by detachment,
grants liberation from transmigration in various human/animal/divine bodies.

Now how does one truly understand the import of the vedas?

Bhagavaan KaNNan explains that in the same chapter called the
Purushottama Yoga ( Chapter 15, verse 4).

”… tam-eva ca aadyam Purusham prapadya-iyata: pravRtti: praSrtaa puraaNii.” (BG 15.4)

One gets to know the true import of the vedas, through approaching a sad-guru
in the lineage of ancient sages (pravRti: puraaNii) who had surrendered
to that Supreme Person, KrishNa, and freed themselves from the samsAra.

RECAP:

Kshara-s are the individual beings transmigrating in the samsAra.

Akshara-s are the individual beings that either got liberated (mukta-s) or
were never in samsAra (nitya-suuri-s) .

Purushottama/ISvara/ParamAtmA is Sri KrishNa, as He declares in 15.15 and 15.16,
the Supreme Being, WHO exceeds, excells and controls
all the Kshara-s and Akshara-s at His Own Will.

The key message is that the transmigrating beings (kshara-s) should Surrender to Sri KrishNa / Sriman nArAyaNa,
through approaching a true Sad-Guru in the lineage of ancient sages.

Examples of ancient sages include Sri Swami SaThakOpa Nammazhvar, Sri ParASara Maharshi, Srimad Naatha Muni and
like who truly understood the import of the vedas as NishkAmya buddhi (Detachment )
and Surrender to the Grace of the Supreme Person.
Source(s):
Sri Ramanuja GitA Bhasyam – translated by Sri Adidevananda

Should’nt it be Scholars ? BTW, has anybody heard about Dr KS Narayanacharya from Blore/Mysore ?

http://anudinam.org/2012/01/16/adisesha-the-cosmic-serpent/