[Advaita-l] A question on PariNAma and vivarta

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sri Subrahmanian Ji,



I think the appropriate bhashyam part relevant to current discussion  is on
6-1-4



<< यथा लोके एकेन मृत्पिण्डेन रुचककुम्भादिकारणभूतेन विज्ञातेन
सर्वमन्यत्तद्विकारजातं मृन्मयं मृद्विकारजातं विज्ञातं स्यात् । >>,



(yathA loke ekena mRRitpiNDena ruchakakumbhAdikAraNabhUtena vij~nAtena
sarvamanyattadvikArajAtaM mRRinmayaM mRRidvikArajAtaM vij~nAtaM syAt |)



Translation by Ganganath Jha (Just as in the ordinary world, when a single
clod of clay – the material cause of the jar etc – is known, all other
modifications of clay become known by it).



Clay is the material cause of all the modifications including clod,jar,pot
etc. By knowing one such modification, namely clod, all other modifications
of clay become known.



Regards

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 5:51 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Sri Subrahmanian Ji,
>
> Also please clarify in what sense this passage is relevant to the current
> topic under discussion. I have tried but unable to connect.
>
> Regards
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 5:36 PM, H S Chandramouli <
> hschandramouli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Namaste Sri Subrahmanian Ji,
>>
>>
>>
>> English translation by Ganganath Jha of what is cited by you is as
>> follows (for the benefit of members not familiar with Sanskrit)
>>
>>
>>
>> << Just as, in the ordinary world, in the morning, one seesthe potter
>> gathering clay for the making of the jar etc; and then having gone away to
>> some other place, and returning in the evening, he finds in the same place
>> various such articles as the jar, the cup, and the like; and then, the idea
>> in his mind is that “ all this jar etc was only clay in the morning”; in
>> the same manner, we have the present assertion – “In the beginning, this
>> was *Pure Being*.” >>
>>
>>
>>
>> Please indicate which part of this is applicable in the context of our
>> current discussion. Is it सदेवेदमग्र आसीदिति (sadevedamagra AsIditi) (“In
>> the beginning, this was *Pure Being*)  or the part prior to it. I will
>> respond accordingly after your confirmation.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>
>