[Advaita-l] Questions on the blessed Isa Upanishad

[H S Chandramouli]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 9:26 AM <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:


> << Some commentators note that, unusually, Ishopanishad is in the samhita
> portion of its shakha (it is the 40th adhyaya of Vajasaneyi Samhita of
> Shuklayajurveda) instead of the Brahmana so it is connected to karma in a
> way that other upanishads are not.
>
> The term tyaga itself comes from karmakanda.  In a yajna, when the
> purohita recites a mantra and says e.g. agnaye svaha, "To Agni svaha!" the
> yajamana makes the offering and responds idam agnaye na mama "This is
> Agnis not mine."  This formula is called tyaga.  The big difference is
> that the karma tyaga is for a particular object and purpose while the
> Vedantic tyaga is universal >>,


Namaste.

Is there any authority for claiming << The term tyaga itself comes from
karmakanda >> and  << This formula is called tyaga
  >> ??.  Please cite any references concerning the same. I have not so far
across any such statements in commentaries or treatises.

Regards


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> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>