HARIH O TATTVASKHYANA (ENUMERATION OF CATEGORIES) -: My obeisance to the Gurus :- INTRODUCTION (1-6) The commentator Sri Jayatirtha, introduces hIS work by a mangala wherein he offers obeisance to the Supreme Being,. Ramakanta and the preceptor.
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. ge.illwiirXll " After bowing down (with reverence) to both the lotus-feet of the Lord of Lakmi, as also to those of the preceptor, I shall write a commentary, not too elabo- rate I , on TattvasaIikhyana. Next the commentator shows the need for this work. It is verily the settled purport of all sacred texts that the (qualified) person desirous of obtaining release from bondage must necessarily know the Supreme-Self as the efficient cause 2 of the birth and the like of the 1. nat't vistaram = free frpm abundance of words and having abundance of meaning. (R.T.) 2. Jagadudayad1.nimittatveft.4 = as the agent of the creation,. preservation, dissolution and the like of the world of conscious and unconscious (categories). (R.T.) A
