[Advaita-l] 'I am the impeller of the samsāra tree'

[V Subrahmanian]

2016-09-09 22:59 GMT+05:30 Dr. Yadu Moharir <ymoharir at yahoo.com>:

> Namaste Subbu-Ji
>
> Thank you for writing about my favorite quotation as a saadhaka.
>
> I was not aware that this is recited by advatin's as a shanti mantra.
>
> Do you have any details about who introduced this as a shanti paaTha for
> Advatins?
>

Dear Dr.Yadu ji,

This mantra is a part of the shānti pāṭha that is recited that has come
down in the tradition. There is enough reason to guess that Shankara
himself wanted it to be there:

अस्य च जपो विद्योपत्त्यर्थोऽधिगम्यते। ‘ऋतं च’ इति धर्मोपन्यासादनन्तरं च
वेदानुवचनपाठादेतदवगम्यते । एवं श्रौतस्मार्तेषु नित्येषु कर्मसु युक्तस्य
निष्कामस्य परं ब्रह्म विविदिषोरार्षाणि दर्शनानि
प्रादुर्भवन्त्यात्मादिविषयाणीति ॥

In the commentary to that mantra in that Upanishad, Shankara says: the
chanting, japa, of this mantra is for the genesis of Self-knowledge.

regards
subbu

>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Rgds
>
> Dr Yadu
>
>
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> On Sep 9, 2016 3:08 PM, "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Taittiriyopaniṣad 1.10.1.अहं वृक्षस्य रेरिवा । कीर्तिः पृष्ठं गिरेरिव ।
> ऊर्ध्वपवित्रो वाजिनीव स्वमृतमस्मि । द्रविणं सवर्चसम् । सुमेधा अमृतोक्षितः ।
> इति त्रिशङ्कोर्वेदानुवचनम् ॥ १ ॥
> >
> This mantra is part of the ShAnti pATha chanted by Advaitins everyday
> before and after the study/teaching of the prasthanatraya.
>
> vs
> >
> > Bhāṣyam:
> >
> > अहं वृक्षस्य रेरिवेति स्वाध्यायार्थो मन्त्राम्नायः । ..... अहं वृक्षस्य
> उच्छेद्यात्मकस्य संसारवृक्षस्य रेरिवा प्रेरयिता अन्तर्याम्यात्मना ।
> >
>
>