[Advaita-l] 'VinAyaka' in ShAnkara GItA BhAShyam

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

Well ... what would you say when sruti talks about the deity called Vishnu?

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> gaNapatyatharvaSIrShAdyupaniShatsu gaNapateH viShayANAM jAgarUkatvAt|
> "tvameva sarvaM KhalvidaM brahmAsi| tvaM
> sAkShAdAtmAsi nityam|" ityAdyupaniShadvAkyaiH
>
> praNAms Sri Ananda Hudli prabhuji
> Hare Krishna
>
> prabhuji, IMHO, this maNtra is there to show us the sarvavyApakatva of
> parabrahman instead of proving the point that the gaNapati as a
> personified deva is parabrahman.  Because in that gaNeshArthavasheershaM
> itself it is said that tvam dehatrayAteetaH, tvam guNa trayAteetaH, tvaM
> kAla trayAteetaH, tvaM avasthAtrayAteetaH, 'sarvOtOmAm pAhi pAhi
> samantAt..tvam brahAtvam, vishNutvaM, rudrastvaM,indrastvaM, agnistvaM,
> vAyustvaM etc.  So, instead of looking at this maNtra as the daNapati
> devata mAntra, i would like to look at it as a sarvavyApakatva maNtra on
> parabrahmaN.  As you know, same lines of maNtra-s you can find in
> atharvaNi suryOpanishat as well. So, IMHO, in the name of sUrya, gaNapti
> etc. shruti here telling us about sarvavyApakatva of parabrahman.  Kindly
> correct me, if I said anything wrong here prabhuji.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
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