[Advaita-l] The meaning of Sat in "सदेव सोम्य" Shruti

Bhaskar YR bhaskar.yr at hitachienergy.com
Wed Sep 27 00:04:33 EDT 2023


praNAms Sri Sudhanshu prabhuji
Hare Krishna
A quick observation for your perusal 😊

I have a query - the word "sat" used in ChhAndogya 6.2.1 सदेव सोम्येदमग्र आसीदेकमेवाद्वितीयम् refers to nirvishesha Brahman or ajnAna-vishishTa-Brahman?

>  it has to be parabrahman only otherwise ekamevAdvitiyam does not suit to ajnAna vishishta brahman 😊 Before talking about anything srushti prakriya, shruti talks about parabrahman only at the start which is second to none.  But however, shankara elsewhere clarifies whenever brahma-tattva associated with jagat srushti it is kArya brahman / upAsya / apara...it does not anyway mean brahman endowed with avidyA even before the creation and introduction of jeeva aspect 😊 

Similarly the merger into "sat" during sushupti spoken through सता सोम्य तदा सम्पन्नो भवति refers to which sat? Nirvishesh-Brahmam or ajnAna-vishishTa-Brahman?

>  See mAdUkya mantra 6-7 and bhAshya...

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