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of the liberated souls. arm, that is the highest Brahman according to Rāmānuja, is described as that who resides in the Vaikuntha, who lies on the beautiful coach of the immortal cobra forming His throne in the ever-illuminated hall in the superb palace of His, possessing body with divine lustre, divine freshness, tenderness, delicacy, beauty and who has four arms with which he holds the divine weapons like the disc (cakra), conch, etc., and who is always worshipped and accompanied by the eagle (garuda ), etc. Ramānuja gives an exquistic description of this Divine Person that possesses not only grandeur and divine lustre and divine beauty, but all auspicious qualities in their perfection and immense love and compassion (7707) for His creation. He showers love and compassion on his devotees and is ever eager to receive his devotees who worship Him as their sole end of life and their sole object of devotion. He is always anxious to help His devotees (bhaktas) to reach Him and He removes from their path all impediments. He is not the blank and qualityless Absolute of Samkara, but, is the most beautiful and grand Person (is'vara) who possesses omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, all faultless auspicious qualities, and profound love and compassion for His devotees.
Thus, the ultimate Reality, the Brahman appears in a personal form but without limitations. The impersonal Brahman of Samkara is transformed by
1 S'urvadars'anasangraha, p. 116. 2 Rāmāpuja : Vedārtha Sangraha, p. 237.
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