गुरूपदेशस्य ज्ञानकरणत्वनिरासो योगवासिष्ठे ।

Abstract

It is an article on "Yogavāsiṣṭha" . The work, "Yogavāsiṣṭha", dealing with Advaitavedānta, is a beautiful composition. Many a rigid conventional stances of Vedāntaśāstra are refuted here. One such notable feature is that the inevitability of Guru is rejected outright . Usually in Indian tradition, especially in the context of Advaitavedāntaśāstra, it is held that आचार्यवान् पुरुषो वेद. But here in this text it is explicitly stated that it is not Guru (or his upadeśa) which leads to Kaivalya (Absolute knowledge) : उपदेशक्रमो राम व्यवस्थामात्रपालनम्। ज्ञप्तेस्तु कारणं शुद्धा शिष्यप्रज्ञैव राघव।। This aspect is highlighted in this article. Another interesting feature of the text is the beautiful language. The author has reproduced, in his beautiful literary expression, many a passage from the classical works in Sanskrit (from almost all the genres).