[Advaita-l] Jivatma is of Vibhu (infinite) magnitude - Srimad Bhagavatam

[V Subrahmanian]

A correction:

 //sisters-in-law//   should read as //sister-in-law//



On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 3:25 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In this chapter, Hiranyakashipu, while consoling his mother and
> sisters-in-law after the death of his elder brother Hiranyaksha, conveys
> the Vedantic nature of the Atman:
> श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण/स्कंध ०७/अध्यायः ०२
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> यस्तु इह इंद्रियवान् आत्मा स चान्यः प्राणदेहयोः ॥ ४५ ॥
> The Atman who is in this body with senses is different from Prana and the
> gross body.
> *भूतेन्द्रियमनोलिङ्गान् देहानुच्चावचान् विभुः* ।
> भजति उत्सृजति ह्यन्यः तच्चापि स्वेन तेजसा ॥ ४६ ॥
> That Vibhu, the all-pervading Atman, is identified with the subtle body…..
> This Atman is separate from the body.
> Only in Advaita is Jivatma accepted as Vibhu. The other schools hold the
> Atman to be of atomic size.
> After this Hiranyakashipu says:
> *The perceptible world is all illusion:*
> वितथाभिनिवेशोऽयं यद् गुणेष्वर्थदृग्वचः ।
> यथा मनोरथः स्वप्नः सर्वं ऐंन्द्रियकं मृषा ॥ ४८ ॥
> This tenet is also admitted only in Advaita.
>
> OM
>