--- In advaitin (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "Ram Chandran <rchandran@c...>"
<rchandran@c...> wrote:
> The introduction to this work says it is the essence of the Tree
of
> the Vedas, dropped on earth from the mouth of Suka (son of Vyasa)
and
> is full of nectar of Supreme Bliss.


In this connection I want to mention that the vedas themselves,
collectively personified as 'shruti' have praised the Lord as early
as the beginning of Creation. The 28 verses (Nos.14 to 41 of chapter
87 of Book X of Srimad Bhagavatam) that thus pour forth from the
Sruti form a gold mine of vedantic hymns, which are, in the content
of their meaning as well as in the language of their expression, as
profound and authentic as would befit the prestigious stature of the
very vedas that constitute the ultimate source for everything in
Hinduism, its philosophy and metaphysics. This piece in the
Bhagavatam is known as 'shruti-gItA'.
A selection of these verses along with a translation and a few
comments, is available as a 11-page article starting from
http://www.geocities.com/profvk/gohitvip/33.html

I find that I have left a few gaps there, to be completed by me in
due time. The above article in The Hindu prompts me to do it now but
I shall have to wait until I get back to India (in January 2003).
In the meantime, I wish a Happy Holiday season to all of you and a
Happy New Year!

With praNAms to all advaitins
profvk