Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Yāmunācārya: A Rebuttal to Misattribution Claims
devācāryaṁ yaṁ viduḥ sat-kavitve pārāśaryaṁ tattva-vāde mahāntaḥ | śṛṅgārārtha-vyañjane vyāsa-sūnuṁ sa śrī-rūpaḥ pātu no bhṛtya-vargān || Some modern critiques claim that We, Gauḍīyas projected our ontological beliefs on Yāmunācārya's stotra-ratna. In this article we will examine the claim. The verse under discussion is — yad aṇḍam aṇḍāntara-gocaraṁ ca yad daśottarāṇy āvaraṇāni yāni ca | guṇāḥ pradhānaṁ puruṣaḥ paraṁpadaṁ parātparaṁ brahma ca te vibhūtayaḥ || Which as per us translates to — The universe, the [entire] domain within the universe, the coverings [over the universe] each ten times greater [than the previous one], the guṇas, pradhāna, the Puruṣa, the supreme abode, and the Absolute, Brahman—these are all your splendors. And as per them translates to — The cosmic sphere, all that is within it, its enclosures which are more than ten, the three GuNaas, the prakriti, the individual self, the supreme abode (SrI Vaikuntam) and the Brahman (Dhivya Mangala vigraham in t...
