Acharya Vaani
shrImadAnandatIrthArya mukhanissR^itaM
nirdoShatvaM ramAyAshcha tadanantaratA tathA | brahmA sarasvatI vIndrasheSharudrAshcha tatstriyaH | shakrakAmau tadanye ca kramAnmuktAvapIti ca |
Purport: Now, the apara siddhAnta is stated.
What is apara siddhAnta?
jagadviShayaH siddhAntaH aparasiddhAntaH |
siddhAnta related to entities other than viShnu is called apara siddhAnta.
vAcanika apara siddhAnta:
The doctrines
nirdoShatva – Blemish-less nature of ramA (except pAratantrya given below) - nirdoShatva of ramA therefore because of not having janana and laya like the jIvas and not also due to absence of dependence on viShNu.
parameshvarAnantaratA - dependence of ramA on viShNu or dependence of ramA, only on viShNu and not on anyone else.
tAratamya - gradual gradation among brahma, sarasvati, garuDa, sheSha, rudra and their consorts, indra, kAma and others even in the liberated state, with brahma at the top(3rd kaksha).
etc., are all vAcanika apara siddhAnta as they directly deal with entities other than viShNu. In the verse brahmA sarasvatI .. shakrakAmau, one should understand that the deities mentioned in a dual compound have the same positions. So, garuDa, sheSha, rudra - belong to the same position(5th kaksha), and also their wives(7th Kaksha). Similarly indra, kAma also belong to the same position(8th kaksha).
AnuSha~Ngika apara siddhAnta:
siddhAntAs which are useful in establishing the above vAcanika apara doctrines are called AnuSha~Ngika apara siddhAntAs.
Some of them are - prapa~ncasatyatvaM - reality of the universe, tattva laxaNa, vibhAga - definition and classification of reality, pramANa laxaNa, vibhAga - definition and classification of pramANa etc.
To cite an example, let’s see how the primary doctrine - parameshvarAnantaratA is established from the AnuSha~Ngika doctrine - prapa~ncasatyatva “The universe can be dependent on viShnu if it exists in the first place. If the universe itself were to be unreal, then we cannot talk about its dependence on viShnu(just as we cannot talk about the color of, say, an unreal pot). Therefore the reality of the universe is a supporting or AnuSha~Ngika doctrine to the dependence of the universe on viSNu”
