[Advaita-l] Rudra creates Brahmā and Viṣṇu

[V Subrahmanian]

2016-08-18 23:29 GMT+05:30 D Gayatri <dgayatrinov10 at gmail.com>:

> The above is directly contradicted by the Mahabharata itself.
>
> In Mahabharata shanti parvan, it is mentioned by Krishna himself that
> both Rudra and Brahma have birth from Narayana (from Mbh 12.328, see
> verses 11 and 12 below) -
>
> श्रीभगवानुवाच||
>

These portions are directly contradicted by the MB itself, by Krishna
himself, by the verses cited from the BORI edition.

>
> ऋग्वेदे सयजुर्वेदे तथैवाथर्वसामसु | पुराणे सोपनिषदे तथैव ज्योतिषेऽर्जुन
> ||८||
>
>
>
> (From Narayana' prasAda, brahma arises, from his krodha, Rudra arises).
>
>
>
>
> Also, given that we have BG (which is part of Mbh) one of the
> prasthAna-trayas which was commented by Shankara, which unanimously
> proclaims the supremacy of Vishnu, and given that Shankara quotes
> multiple instances of Vishnu stuti only from the Mahabharata, we can
> take that alone to be the true vedAntic position of Shankara.
>

Also, given that we have the VSN, which is part of Mbh and commented upon
by Shankara with quotations replete from various sources to hold Hari-Hara
abheda and trimurti aikya and Shiva parama kāraṇam, etc. and the highest
Advaita also with innumerable upanishadic citations both in the prelude as
well as in the body of the VSN, we can take Shankara's Vedantic  position
as this alone. And in the Prashna bhashya too Shankara holds Rudra to be
brahman.

>
> 2016-08-18 22:01 GMT+05:30 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:
> > The Mahabharata BORI edition has these verses:
> >
> > http://bombay.indology.info/mahabharata/text/UD/MBh13.txt
> >
> > 13014183a योऽसृजद्दक्षिणादङ्गाद्ब्रह्माणं लोकसंभवम्
> > 13014183c वामपार्श्वात्तथा विष्णुं लोकरक्षार्थमीश्वरः
> > 13014183e युगान्ते चैव संप्राप्ते रुद्रमङ्गात्सृजत्प्रभुः
> > 13014184a स रुद्रः संहरन्कृत्स्नं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
> > 13014184c कालो भूत्वा महातेजाः संवर्तक इवानलः
> > 13014185a एष देवो महादेवो जगत्सृष्ट्वा चराचरम्
> > 13014185c कल्पान्ते चैव सर्वेषां स्मृतिमाक्षिप्य तिष्ठति
> >
> > Mahadeva created from his right side of the body Brahmā and from the
> > left, Vishnu for the purpose of creation and sustenance of the
> > universe. At the end of the creation, from himself created Rurda.
> >
> >
> > regards
> >
> > subrahmanian.v
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