[Advaita-l] Jagat is not Brahman - Advaita Anya Mata Khandanam

[V Subrahmanian]

2017-03-08 20:43 GMT+05:30 Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:

> Advaita Anya Mata Khandanam of Bellamkonda Rama Raya Kavi Page 46
>
> जगद्ब्रह्मवादनिरासः
> सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म इति श्रुतेः, तन्तुपटादिषु कार्यस्य
> कारणानन्यत्वदर्शनाच्च जगदेवेश्वरः - तत् सृष्ट्वा तदेवानुप्राविशत्,
> सच्च त्यच्चाभवदिति श्रुतेर्ब्रह्मैव जगद्रूपेण परिणतं मृद्घटरूपेणेव ।
> परिणामानन्तरं नास्ति ब्रह्म, किंतु जगदेव, इदमेव जगद् विराडित्युच्यते,
> अस्यैवार्चनया मुक्तिरिति
>
> Objection - The World is Brahman because there is a Sruti saying
> everything is Brahman and we see example of threads and cloth. The
> threads are the cause of cloth effect but effect is not different from
> cause. There is a Taittiriya Sruti also saying 'after creating the
> world He entered it. He became Sat and beyond Sat.
>
> नैतत्सङ्गतम् - निरवयवस्य निर्विकारस्य ब्रह्मणः जगद्रूपपरिणामासम्भवात्
> । श्रूयमाणस्य सच्च त्यच्चाभवदिति परिणामस्य मायिकत्वात्, अथवा
> रज्जुसर्पवद् विवर्तवादाश्रयणात् ब्रह्मणः जगत्सर्जनं
> जीवरूपेणानुप्रवेशश्चेत्युभयस्य मायिकत्वात् तन्तोः पटभावापत्तिवन्न
> ब्रह्मणो जगद्भावापत्ति: ।
>
> Sri Rama Raya - This is not correct. Because the Partless and
> Unchanging Brahman cannot become changed to World. The Sruti is
> talking about Illusory Change only but not real change. Or it is like
> Snake Illusion of rope. The creation of World and entering both are
> Illusory only. Brahman will not become World like threads become
> cloth.
>
> मायामेघो जगन्नीरं वर्षत्येव यथा तथा । चिदाकाशस्य नो हानिर्न वा लाभ इति
> स्थितिः ॥


The above verse is from the Panchadashi (8.74).

regards
subrahmanian.v


> इति
> स्थितमिति वचनादाकाशे मेघो वर्षधारा इव ब्रह्मणो माया भूतभौतिकानि
> सृजत्येव, तैस्तु न ब्रह्मणः कोऽपि सम्बन्धः वर्षधाराभिराकाशस्यैव ।
> तस्मात्कालत्रयेऽप्येकरूपमेव ब्रह्म न कदाचिदपि जगद्रूपम् । अस्माकं
> जगत्प्रतीतिस्तु माययैवेति न जगतो ब्रह्मत्वम् ।
>
> The Maayaa cloud will shower rain in the form of World. There is no
> loss or gain for Chidaakaasha. Brahman is like Akaasha the Space and
> Maayaa the cloud. The Maayaa cloud will produce everything like rain.
> But there is no connection of the rain with the sky. Therefore in all
> three times Brahman is only One but It is not the World. Our
> understanding of the world is also by Maayaa only. The world is not
> Brahman.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
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