[Advaita-l] Which one is first in the creation sequence

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 12:07 PM, H S Chandramouli
<hschandramouli at gmail.com>wrote:

> << Can you give a Shruti reference where time is created by Iswara? >>
>
> Does not verse 9 of Prashnopanishat refer to creation of time ?
>

Yes.  The bhAShya clarifies that.  kAla = samvatsara is prajApati since
samvatsara is caused by prajApati.  The Anandagiri gloss to delves on this
point. This sounds very similar to the other mantra referred by Sri
Anandagiri in mAndukya bhashya which I cited.

vs

>
> Regards
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Srirudra <srirudra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear
> > The Seven Sages and four manus were born of Lord's mind.So this should be
> > the first.These are the generators of all the creations to follow.As it
> is
> > I think there is no contradiction.R.Krishnamoorthy.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On 26-Feb-2014, at 2:03 am, ramesh badisa <badisa66 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Namaskaram.
> > >
> > > At the beginning of email, I would like to seek your forgiveness for
> > raising a silly question. I could not figure out the answer for myself.
> So,
> > I am requesting all members to help me.
> > >
> > > My confusion was related to two Bhagawad Gita slokas -
> > >
> > > 4/13 (chatur varnyam ...)  &
> > > 10/6 (Maharsayah Sapta ..).
> > >
> > > The first sloka talks about four varnas. So, it is obvious that it is
> > concerned to the creation;
> > >
> > > The second sloka talks about creation of seven great sages by the Lord.
> > This is also concerned to the creation.
> > >
> > > My confusion was that which one stands first in the creation.
> > >
> > > If you say, "it doesn't matter", then, sorry the matter ends there.
> > >
> > > However, if you would like to help me, please read further.
> > >
> > >
> > > Is it 4/13 first or 10/6 first
> > >
> > > When there is no creation, then, there are no varnas.
> > > Similarly, when seven great sages were born, there are no four varnas
> > but only one varna - the first varna.
> > >
> > > For me, it appears that the classification of varnas by Lord came much
> > later after the creation. Please correct me if I am wrong.
> > >
> > > Namaskaram,
> > > ramesh
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