[Advaita-l] Wonderful list of adjectives for samsAravRkSha

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Namaste,

Following Subbuji's quotation of Bhashyakara's series of adjectives for
brahman, I recalled and looked up the following adjectives for samsAra
(samsAravRkSha) in the commentary upon Katha 2.3.1. The list is just
incredible!

अविच्छिन्नजन्मजरामरणशोकाद्यनेकानर्थात्मकः प्रतिक्षणमन्यथास्वभावः
मायामरीच्युदकगन्धर्वनगरादिवद्दृष्टनष्टस्वरूपत्वादवसाने च वृक्षवदभावात्मकः
कदलीस्तम्भवन्निःसारः अनेकशतपाषण्डबुद्धिविकल्पास्पदः
तत्त्वविजिज्ञासुभिरनिर्धारितेदंतत्त्वः वेदान्तनिर्धारितपरब्रह्ममूलसारः
अविद्याकामकर्माव्यक्तबीजप्रभवः
अपरब्रह्मविज्ञानक्रियाशक्तिद्वयात्मकहिरण्यगर्भाङ्कुरः
सर्वप्राणिलिङ्गभेदस्कन्धः तत्तत्तृष्णाजलासेकोद्भूतदर्पः
बुद्धीन्द्रियविषयप्रवालाङ्कुरः श्रुतिस्मृतिन्यायविद्योपदेशपलाशः
यज्ञदानतपआद्यनेकक्रियासुपुष्पः सुखदुःखवेदनानेकरसः प्राण्युपजीव्यानन्तफलः
तत्तृष्णासलिलावसेकप्ररूढजटिलीकृतदृढबद्धमूलः
सत्यनामादिसप्तलोकब्रह्मादिभूतपक्षिकृतनीडः
प्राणिसुखदुःखोद्भूतहर्षशोकजातनृत्यगीतवादित्रक्ष्वेलितास्फोटि
तहसिताक्रुष्टरुदितहाहामुञ्चमुञ्चेत्याद्यनेकशब्दकृततुमुलीभूतमहारवः
वेदान्तविहितब्रह्मात्मदर्शनासङ्गशस्त्रकृतोच्छेदः एष संसारवृक्ष अश्वत्थः
अश्वत्थवत्कामकर्मवातेरितनित्यप्रचलितस्वभावः ।

   -

   अविच्छिन्नजन्मजरामरणशोकाद्यनेकानर्थात्मकः that which has many problems/
   evils like continuous birth, death, misery, disease, etc
   -

   प्रतिक्षणम् every moment अन्यथास्वभावः that which has a changing nature
   -

   मायामरीच्युदकगन्धर्वनगरादिवत् like magic, mirage-water, city of clouds,
   etc.
   -

   दृष्टनष्टस्वरूपत्वात् because of having the nature of being seen and
   destroyed (the next moment)


   -

   अवसाने in the end च and वृक्षवत् like a tree अभावात्मकः that of the
   nature of nothingness
   -

   कदलीस्तम्भवत् निःसारः non-substantial being like a stem of banana
   -

   अनेकशतपाषण्डबुद्धिविकल्पास्पदः an object of doubts/ speculations by
   intellect of many hundreds of heretics. (Just like a tree appears as a
   ghost in speculation).
   -

   तत्त्वविजिज्ञासुभिः by the people desirous of knowing the truth
   -

   अनिर्धारितेदंतत्त्वः  that whose true nature is not ascertained as
   “exactly this” (that is, it is mithyA).
   -

   वेदान्तनिर्धारितपरब्रह्ममूलसारः that tree for which the highest brahman
   is ascertained by Vedanta as the root/essence
   -

   अविद्याकामकर्माव्यक्तबीजप्रभवः that born from the seed in the form of
   erroneous knowledge, desires, actions and results
   -

   अपरब्रह्मविज्ञानक्रियाशक्तिद्वयात्मकहिरण्यगर्भाङ्कुरः that for which
   Hiranyagarbha, which is lower brahman, in the form of two-fold power of
   knowledge and action is the sprout
   -

   सर्वप्राणिलिङ्गभेदस्कन्धः that tree for which the variety of subtle
   bodies of all living beings is the trunk
   -

   तत्तत्तृष्णाजलासेकोद्भूतदर्पः that tree whose arrogance=bigness [grows]
   because of sprinkling of water of various desires.
   -

   बुद्धीन्द्रियविषयप्रवालाङ्कुरः that tree for which objects of organs of
   perception are offshoots
   -

   श्रुतिस्मृतिन्यायविद्योपदेशपलाशः that tree for which the discipline of
   knowledge of Shruti, Smriti and logic are leaves
   -

   यज्ञदानतपआद्यनेकक्रियासुपुष्पः  that tree for which many activities of
   ritual, charity, penance, pilgrimage, etc, are the beautiful flowers.
   -

   सुखदुःखवेदनानेकरसः experiences of happiness and sorrow are the tastes of
   which fruit [of the tree]
   -

   प्राण्युपजीव्यानन्तफलः  that tree for which various results are
   innumerable fruits.


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   तत्तृष्णासलिलावसेकप्ररूढजटिलीकृतदृढबद्धमूलः that tree for which samskaras
   are well-developed secondary roots, strengthened by thickening, by
   sprinkling of water of various desires/cravings.
   -

   सत्यनामादिसप्तलोकब्रह्मादिभूतपक्षिकृतनीडः on which tree the seven worlds
   are the nests made by the birds in the form of living beings such as Lord
   Brahma, etc.
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   प्राणिसुखदुःखोद्भूतहर्षशोकजातनृत्यगीतवादित्रक्ष्वेलितास्फोटि
   तहसिताक्रुष्टरुदितहाहामुञ्चमुञ्चेत्याद्यनेकशब्दकृततुमुलीभूतमहारवः where
   the huge noise has been intensified by many sounds “ha ha”, “leave me,
   leave me”, etc, made by dancing, singing, music, sport/jumping, clapping,
   laughing, screaming, crying, excitement and grief, created by comfort and
   discomfort of the living beings.
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   वेदान्तविहितब्रह्मात्मदर्शनासङ्गशस्त्रकृतोच्छेदः cutting of which tree
   is done by the weapon of detachment born of vision of brahman being the
   self, as taught by Vedanta.
   -

   एषः this संसारवृक्षः tree in the form of samsara
   -

   अश्वत्थः the Ashvattha tree, that which is not permanent
   -

   अश्वत्थवत् कामकर्मवातेरितनित्यप्रचलितस्वभावः that which has an
   ever-unsteady nature, moved/shaken by wind in the form of desires and
   action, like the Ashvattha tree.


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