[Footnote 582: He also wrote the Vedârtha Sangraha, Vedârtha Pradîpa, Vedânta Sâra and a commentary on the Bhagavad-gîtâ.]
[Footnote 586: Râmânuja's introduction to the Bhagavad-gîtâ is more ornate but does not go much further in doctrine than the passage here quoted.]
[Footnote 587: This fivefold manifestation of the deity is a characteristic Pâncarâtra doctrine. See Schrader, _Int._ pp. 25, 51 and _Srî Bhâshya_, II. 242.]
[Footnote 588: See Br. Ar. Up III. 7. The Srî Vaishnavas attach great importance to this chapter.]
[Footnote 589: Only relatively northern and southern. Neither flourish in what we call northern India.]
[Footnote 590: Hence the two doctrines are called markata-nyâya and marjâra-nyâya, monkey theory and cat theory. The latter gave rise to the dangerous doctrine of Doshabhogya, that God enjoys sin, since it gives a larger scope for the display of His grace. Cf. Oscar Wilde in _De Profundis_, "Christ, through some divine instinct in him, seems to have always loved the sinner as being the nearest possible approach to perfection in man.... In a manner not yet understood of the world, he regarded sin and suffering as being in themselves beautiful holy things and modes of perfection.... Christ, had he been asked, would have said--I feel quite certain about it--that the moment the prodigal son fell on his knees and wept, he made his having wasted his substance with harlots, his swine herding and hungering for the husks they ate beautiful and holy moments in his life."]
[Footnote 591: Also called Venkatanâtha. For some rather elaborate studies in the history of the Srî-Vaishnavas see V. Rangacharis' articles in _J. Bombay R.A.S._ 1915 and 1916 and _J. Mythic Society_, 1917, Nos. 2 ff.]
[Footnote 592: Prapatti and âcâryabhimâna.--The word _prapatti_ seems not to occur in the Srî Bhâshya and it is clear that Râmânuja's temperament was inclined to active and intelligent devotion. But _prapatti_ is said to have been taught by Nathamuni and Sathagopa (Râjagopala Chariar, _Vaishnavite Reformers_, p. 6). The word means literally _approaching._]
[Footnote 593: The Artha-pañcaka and Tattva-traya are the best known. See text and translation of the first in _J.R.A.S._ 1910, pp. 565-607.]
