Prameya shloka
The Prameya shloka is a Shloka composed by Sri Vyasatirtha, a leading philosopher in the Dvaita school of Vedanta. The shloka summarises the nine basic tenets of Dvaita or Tattvavada,[1] which is a school of philosophy founded by Sri Madhvacharya.
A correct understanding of this shloka is equivalent to obtaining a firm grasp of the fundamental principles of Tattvavada.[2]
The Prameya shloka
The transliteration of the Prameya shloka is:
Sri manmadhvamate hariH parataraH satyaM jagat tattvatO
BedO jIvagaNAH harEranucharAH nIchOcchaBAvaMgatAH |
muktirnaijasuKAnuBUtiramalABaktiScha tatsAdhanaM
hyAkSAditritayaM pramANamaKilAmnAyaikavEdyO hariH ||
The nine tenets and their translation would be
- hariH parataraH : Hari, or Lord Vishnu is supreme
- satyaM jagat : The world is real
- tattvataH BedaH : The differences are real
- jIvagaNAH harEranucharAH : The various classes of souls are cohorts of Hari
- nIchOcchaBAvaMgatAH : They reach different states (lower or superior) ultimately
- muktirnaijasuKAnuBUtiH : Mukti is the experience of one's own nature
- amalABaktiScha tatsAdhanaM : Mukti is achieved by pure devotion
- AkSAditritayaM pramANam : Observation and others are the sources of knowledge
- aKilAmnAyaikavEdyO hariH : It is Hari alone who is praised in the Vedas