@greatProphet1 Thank you for your attention. I have used the words of this stotram from the 10-volume set: Complete Works of Adi Shankaracharya published by Samata Books. This set carries the seal of approval for its contents from the Sringeri Math. The website you mentioned is a condensed version of what is known as Shankara Digvijyam, which has been published in a fuller version on the Sringeri Math's website.
@greatProphet1 for an answer to that question, you will have to address the Maths who use that term. In his stotram on Vishnu, he has written that the wave is the ocean, but the ocean is never the wave, remember?
@greatProphet1 nowhere in the strotram is it mentioned exactly he is seeking the vision of Sri Jagannath. However, in Achyutashtakam and Bhavaniastakam and Shiv Manasa Pooja, the objecive of the call is clearly mentioned. Historians are undecided on what precisely are the compositions of the Shankaracharya who wrote the extraordinarily brilliant exposition on the Brahma Sutras. However, the Maths are not, as living the words of Adi Shankaracharya and teaching them is their daily life.
@greatProphet1 oh! in that case, you will find objections to most of Adi Shankaracharya's stotrams on the Saguna Brahman (if you reflect upon the sacred words on the website you refer to, you will find that you have no grounds for objection), for example, look at Sri Bhavaniashtakam, or Sri Achyutashtakam.
@greatProphet1 It is possible. On the web itself, such mix-ups are seen often. That is why i do my best to ensure the correctness of the descriptions of the videos to the extent it is possible.
@greatProphet1 similarly, refer to Bhavaniashtakam, you will find a verse in which the devotee is saying he does not know anyone, including Shiva. Such a method, to highlight one specific form to which the other forms are paying obeisance, is also employed in the Puranas, not just stotrams. Please read carefully 'Voice of Sankara' on kamakoti.org to appreciate why this is done.
@greatProphet1 this verse has a resonance, in contents and form, in Sri Krishna Chaitanya's only composition: the Shikshashtakam, also in negative framing.
@greatProphet1 you will find that court decisions hinge on historians narratives and the traditions maintained by the Maths. The Maths speak with 'ek kantha': one voice.
@greatProphet1 I am satisfied about the approval of Sringeri Math for the set published by Samata Books. If you are not, you may approach Sringeri math or the publisher. Whether Sringeri Math needs the consideration of Puri Math or not, is not for me to answer. However, historically speaking, it is Sringeri Math which has the most reliable continuity of Shankaracharyas. Why do you not approach Puri Math and find out for yourself about Sri Jagannathashtakam?
@greatProphet1 Secondly, all the organised groups that claim to follow Sri Krishna Chaitanya mention clearly that the only composition of Sri Krishna Chaitanya is the Sri Shikshashtakam. Check Gaudiya Vaishnava websites, including ISKCON's. And they also mention (more orally than on websites) that this stotram was sung daily by Sri Krishna Chaitanya daily during the 18 years of his 48 years he spent at Puri. I do not know what the Bauls have to say on this matter, however.
@greatProphet1 By your own stated logic, glorifying one is the same glorifying another, isn't it? Why not just appreciate the sentiment and the contents of this beautiful hymn as it is and work towards making what you today understand as theory into irrevocable Reality? That result should convince you best.
@greatProphet1 i agree with you that the Reality is the same although names and forms differ. However, i urge you to carefully study all the works of Adi Shankaracharya, meditate on his seemingly contradictions, arrive at undeniable truths within your heart before you continue the argument. By your own stated logic, when the substratum, the underlying Reality is the same, how does it matter who wrote what? That is why the authors of the Upanishads do not reveal their names, isn't it?
