In this world, every being strives for happiness and a sorrowless life. No one wants sorrow, which occurs due to various known and unknown reasons. The material solutions medicines, security and rituals have limitations to get rid of the material sorrows ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika and ādhidaivika, respectively. They cannot eradicate sorrows forever, but for a limited time and according to their capacity. Thus, one can only imagine a sorrowless life.
What is the permanent solution if one desires to eradicate all sorrows forever? By what means one can experience uninterrupted bliss? Vedic orthodox philosophers uniformly opine that the ‘realisation of atman (Supreme Reality) is the only solution to get rid of sorrows permanently’. However, they differ regarding the nature of atman. The philosophers of Advaita Vedanta are superior among them because of interpreting śrutis with strong logical reasoning.
In short, one should learn the texts of Advaita to realise atman and, as a result, remain in bliss permanently. These texts are difficult to understand for the primary learners. Some texts, which they can comprehend, are informative but need more discussion. The text Vedāntasiddhāntacandrikā (VSC), with the commentary Udgāra (U), overcomes these drawbacks. It provides various discussions with opponents’ refutation, supportive citations from śrutis and smṛtis, and logical reasoning to primary learners. A primary learner can know various siddhāntas of Advaita by understanding VSC with U. He will enjoy multiple feasts of Advaita philosophy from one text. For learners who do not know Sanskrit, the translation, 692 explanatory notes and concept-simplifying illustrations facilitate understanding. Another plus point of this book is that it provides critical text and commentary with variant readings.