(Continued...)
Even though these are the basic purposes which we
see have all been fulfilled in the hymn, it should be said to the credit of our
Acharya that, because of his steadfast holding to advaita, and of his great
respect for Shri-vidyA, and of his
natural poetic talent, he did not regiment himself as to be circumscribed by preconceived
limitations.
It is our good fortune that he allowed his talent and imagination
to express itself freely and soar as high as it liked. Such a freedom has resulted in one of the
most excellent hymns which excels in poetry, in mysticism, in devotion, in
spirituality and in religious tradition. And in this process, the flood of
ideas that gushed forth from him includes without bias some of the
philosophical concepts and thoughts that came to the forefront, long after his
time, like those of Saiva-siddhanta, Kashmir Shaivism, visishTAdvaita, and
dvaita.
(Continued...)
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