[Advaita-l] Looking for the source of a passage

[V Subrahmanian]

Thanks for the clarification.  I think henceforth our Bhashyam editions can
carry this reference, I think. First of all, Advaitasharada could
incorporate it.

Apart from that, I think it would be worthwhile studying this samhita, the
extent to which it is available now, to unearth material relevant/useful to
Aastikas in general and Advaita in particular.

warm regards
subbu

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 6:21 PM Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Subbuji,
>
> It is not surprising that you didn't find any references in your search -
> the paippalAda rescension in (near?) complete, publicly available form is a
> relatively recent development.
>
> Only a corrupted and damaged version of paippalAda manuscripts in Kashmiri
> Sharada was publicly available until 1957, when a living tradition was
> discovered in Orissa. Any publications of the bhAShya predating then would
> not have been able to find the reference.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
>
> On Mon, 11 May 2020, 13:22 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Venkat ji.  It is nice that we are getting reference to this
>> passage which is not to be found in all the editions/translations of the
>> Bhashyam that I searched in.
>>
>> regards
>> subbu
>>
>> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 5:06 PM Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Namaste Subbuji,
>>> I was going to respond saying that it was from the paippalAda samhitA
>>> when I saw your email. Thanks for the complete reference and the link to
>>> the entire sUkta - it is a beautiful description of vishvarUpa darshana /
>>> sarvAtma bhAva.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 11 May 2020, 11:28 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
>>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:29 AM V Subrahmanian <
>>>> v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > In the Brahma sutra bhashya 2.3.43, Shankara has cited a passage as
>>>> from
>>>> > the Atharva veda:
>>>> >
>>>> > तथा ह्येके शाखिनो दाशकितवादिभावं ब्रह्मण आमनन्त्याथर्वणिका
>>>> ब्रह्मसूक्ते —
>>>> > ‘ ब्रह्म दाशा ब्रह्म दासा ब्रह्मैवेमे कितवाः’ इत्यादिना ;
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> A member in the BVP kindly identified the passage:
>>>>
>>>> //Namaste,
>>>>
>>>> These words are from Athava Veda Paippalaada Samhitaa 8.9.11.
>>>> "ब्रह्म दाशा ब्रह्म दासा ब्रह्मेमे कितवा उत ।
>>>> स्त्रीपुंसौ ब्रह्मणो जातौ स्त्रियो ब्रह्म उत वावन ।।"
>>>>
>>>> Please see the following links:
>>>> https://archive.org/details/20190720_20190720_0950/page/n278/mode/1up
>>>> https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.345311/page/n600/mode/1up
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sushil  //
>>>>
>>>> The first link is for the pdf of the Atharva Paippalada samhita.
>>>>
>>>> By reading the entire sukta, image of which is here:
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bvparishat/CAKk0Te3j0kwDsQsvbqmVe5hDMa1a5GBxbc3Y%3DyDyyEYRS3zVmw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
>>>>   one can recall the famous Bh. Gita verse 'brahmarpanam brahma
>>>> havih...'
>>>> where the idea 'everything is Brahman' is taught.
>>>>
>>>> warm regards
>>>> subbu
>>>>
>>>> It also reminds one of the famous third anuvAka of the Rudram:
>>> नमः ककुभाय निषङ्गिणे स्तेनानां पतये नमो नमो निषङ्गिण इषुधिमते तस्कराणां
>>> पतये नमो नमो वञ्चते परिवञ्चते स्तायूनां पतये नमो नमो निचेरवे
>>> परिचरायारण्यानां पतये नमो नमः सृकाविभ्यो जिघासद्भ्यो मुष्णतां पतये नमो
>>> नमोऽसिमद्भ्यो नक्तं चरद्भ्यः प्रकृन्तानां पतये नमो नमः
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Venkatraghavan
>>>
>>> >
>>>> > No editor has cited the source of the passage, as far as I could
>>>> search.
>>>> >
>>>> > Could anyone help locating the passage?
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks
>>>> > subbu
>>>> >
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