[Advaita-l] Isavasya Upanisad 9th Mantra

[Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l]

Namaste

There was a discussion on Satya Darshana on this. I went to the new
Sringeri Sankara Bhashya site and searched.

Below is the Sankara Bhashya

अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति ये अविद्यामुपासते ।
ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ विद्यायां रताः ॥ ९ ॥
भाष्यम्
अन्धं तमः अदर्शनात्मकं तमः प्रविशन्ति । के ? ये अविद्याम्, विद्याया अन्या
अविद्या कर्मेत्यर्थः, कर्मणो विद्याविरोधित्वात्,
तामविद्यामग्निहोत्रादिलक्षणामेव केवलाम् उपासते तत्पराः
सन्तोऽनुतिष्ठन्तीत्यभिप्रायः । ततः तस्मादन्धात्मकात्तमसः भूय इव बहुतरमेव ते
तमः प्रविशन्ति । के ? कर्म हित्वा ये उ ये तु विद्यायामेव देवताज्ञाने एव
रताः अभिरताः ॥

The question I have is why Adi Sankara has not explained why people
absorbed in meditation on gods go to Greater Darkness than people doing
Karma? Adi Sankara does not explain why.

On TV discussion the explanation was different. Avidya is Loukika Vidya
like Science, Engineering and others. Vidya is Bookish knowledge of Brahma.
If you have only bookish knowledge of Brahma and no realization it is worse
than having knowledge of Loukika Sastras like Science. With bookish
knowledge of Brahma you are making a big mistake thinking you know Brahma.
But you do not know.

-- 
Regards

-Venkatesh