[Advaita-l] Fwd: A Vedantic nugget from Shri R. Visvanatha Sastri's writings

[श्रीमल्ललितालालितः]

That was very good discourse. I got those videos from my AchArya, who
participated in that sabhA. Those days we were studying the same portion in
advaita-siddhi too.
So, it was a good experience to hear the opposite point of view and then
think solutions.

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 at 21:44 Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> There is a Vaakyaartha Goshthi video showing Advaita and Dvaita both
> accept Deha-Atma Bheda.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbeDvGpHu7w  - Day 1
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRUAn0OeXEw - Day 2
>
> But important point in Advaita is any Bheda is Vyavaharika only. There
> is no Bheda and no Maayaa in Paramartha. Deha is a product of Maayaa.
> Therefore it is also not there. Bheda itself is caused by Maayaa.
>
>
>
>
> 2016-09-28 20:41 GMT+05:30 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:
> > A post that appeared in the Advaitin List:
> >
> >
> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/advaitin/conversations/messages/67960
> >
> > profvk
> > Today at 5:34 PM
> >
> > Namaste all.
> >
> >
> >
> > It so happened today that I bumped into one of my father’s advaitic
> > nuggets, among his heaps of writings.  I have given it below.  The theme
> as
> > well as the refrain is ‘dehino me mRRitiH katham?’ – meaning, how can I
> > resident in the body, ever die?.  There are eight shlokas, and if you
> > string together the first letters of the shlokas you will again get
> ‘dehino
> > me mRRitiH katham?’. The English transliteration and translation are
> mine.
> > Errors in these may be excused.
> >
> >
> > *दे *हो नित्यमशुद्धोऽयं देही चात्यन्तनिर्मलः।
> >
> > उभयोरन्तरं ज्ञात्वा  देहिनो मे मृतिः कथम्॥ १॥
> >
> > *deho nityamashuddho.ayaM dehIcAtyanta nirmalaH .*
> >
> > *ubhayorantaraM GYAtvA  dehino me mRRitiH katham .. 1 ..*
> >
> >  This body is ever impure; the resident in the body is extremely
> > faultless.  Knowing this difference, how can I, the resident, ever die?
> >
> > *हि* रण्यज्योतिरेवाहं देहादीन् भासयाम्यपि।
> >
> > मद्ग्रस्यमानदेहाच्च देहिनो मे मृतिः कथम्॥ २॥
> >
> > *hiraNyajyotirevAhaM dehAdIn bhAsayAmyapi .*
> >
> > *madgrasyamAnadehAcca dehino me mRRitiH katham .. 2 ..*
> >
> >  I am indeed the Golden Light who makes the body etc. shine.  From this
> > body which is devourable in Me , how can I, the resident, ever die?
> >
> > *नो *देति नास्तमायाति मत्प्रभास्ते सदा मया।
> >
> > नित्यप्रबुद्धचित्तोऽहं देहिनो मे मृतिः कथम्॥॥ ३॥
> >
> > *nodeti nAstamAyAti matprabhAste sadA mayA .*
> >
> > *nityaprabuddhacitto.ahaM dehino me mRRitiH katham .... 3..*
> >
> >  My splendrous Light neither rises nor disappears, it ever shines as Me.
> I
> > who is Eternal Consciousness, how can I, the resident, ever die?
> >
> > *मे* मेति बुद्ध्या भ्रान्तोऽहं निर्ममत्वं स्वभावतः।
> >
> > अखण्डपरिपूर्णस्य देहिनो मे मृतिः कथम्॥ ४॥
> >
> > *memeti buddhyA bhrAnto.ahaM nirmamatvaM svabhAvataH .*
> >
> > *akhaNDaparipUrNasya dehino me mRRitiH katham .. 4 ..*
> >
> > Confounded by the thought of I and Mine, but really by nature without any
> > mine-ness, for Me who is  unfragmented Fullness, how can I, the resident,
> > ever die?
> >
> > *मृ* त्युर्जन्मवतां नित्यं देहेन सह जायते।
> >
> > विवेकाद्यो विदेही च  देहिनो मे मृतिः कथम् ॥ ५॥
> >
> > *mRRityurjanmavatAM nityaM dehena saha jAyate .*
> >
> > *vivekAdyovidehI ca  dehino me mRRitiH katham  .. 5 ..*
> >
> > Death certainly accompanies the body that is born. For Me who out of
> > discrimination is other than this body, how can I, the resident, ever
> die?
> >
> > *ति* ष्ठन् यश्चातिथिरिव निर्ममत्वाभिमानताम्।
> >
> > यो भजेद्दुःखसौख्यं च देहिनो मे मृतिः कथम् ॥ ६॥
> >
> > *tishhThan yashcAtithiriva nirmamatvAbhimAnatAm .*
> >
> > *yo bhajedduHkhasaukhyaM ca dehino me mRRitiH katham  .. 6* ..
> >
> >  Remaining as a guest  without any possessiveness or mine-ness in this
> body
> > and being indifferent to both suffering and happiness, how can I, the
> > resident, ever die?
> >
> >
> >
> > *क*  नके कुण्डलं  पश्यन् जले वीचीस्तथैव च।
> >
> > देहिन्यपि तथैवेति देहिनो मे मृतिः कथम् ॥ ७॥
> >
> > *kanake kuNDalaM  pashyan jale vIcIstathaiva ca .*
> >
> > *dehinyapi tathaiveti dehino me mRRitiH katham  .. 7 ..*
> >
> > As is the ornament seen in gold, and as is the wave seen in the water so
> is
> > the body seen in the embodied resident; how can I the resident, ever die?
> >
> > *थं*  भयं देहतो भातं यथा स्थाणौ नृरूपता।
> >
> > जीवत्वं ब्रह्मणि तथा देहिनो मे मृतिः कथम् ॥ ८॥
> >
> > *thaMbhayaM dehato bhAtaM yathA sthANau nRRirUpatA .*
> >
> > *jIvatvaM brahmaNi tathA dehino me mRRitiH katham  .. 8 ..*
> >
> > Just as the appearance of a  a human form in a pillar creates fear so
> > should the state of jIva in brahman create fear; how can I the resident,
> > ever die?
> >
> >
> > PraNAms to all advaitins
> >
> > profvk
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>
> -Venkatesh
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