[Advaita-l] ghaTa bhAShya sAra

[H S Chandramouli]

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 3:17 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote

<< The bhAShya is done to refute the direct meaning of the text >>.

 My understanding is different.  The text should be read as

<< नैवेह किञ्चनाग्र आसीन्मृत्युनैवेदमावृतमासीत् >>

<< naiveha ki~nchanAgra AsInmRRityunaivedamAvRRitamAsIt >>

and not as

<< नैवेह किञ्चनाग्र आसीत् >>

<< naiveha ki~nchanAgra AsIt >>.

The Bhashya then is an elaboration of this and not a refutation of the
direct meaning. This is clarified in the beginning of the Bhashya itself in
reply to sUnya vAda.

<< न, ‘मृत्युनैवेदमावृतामासीत्’ इति श्रुतेः >>

<< na, ‘mRRityunaivedamAvRRitAmAsIt’ iti shruteH >>.

This should also clarify query of Bhaskar Ji   reg  << The veda mantra
therefore needs to be
re-interpreted so that "there was nothing here" means "the cause and effect
were both present, but in an unmanifest form". >>.

Entire advaita sidhAnta is based on AvaraNa/veiling and vikshEpa.  As per
sidhAnta, only “ Cause” is Existing . Due to AvaraNa/veiling of the same,
“effects”  make an appearance and are mithya. . The effects could be
manifest or unmanifest. This extends from avyAkRta at the time of Creation
to the entire Creation itself.

Regards