[Advaita-l] Tattvamasi - 02 (the nectar from different trees and honey)

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste,
Next we look at the example of the nectar from different trees and honey
that occurs in ChAndogya 6.9.

Here, uddAlaka AruNi invokes this example to show how differences seen in
the waking state are not seen in the deep sleep state when the jIva has
resolved himself into his higher nature as Sat.

The opponent uses this example to argue that the difference in the nectars
from different flowers is a real one, and similarly the difference between
different jIvas and the jIvas and paramAtma is also real.

The siddhikAra reveals the true import of the example -
https://youtu.be/aFJxKYJxZLA

The mantras under discussion - 6.9.1 - 6.9.3

यथा सोम्य मधु मधुकृतो निस्तिष्ठन्ति नानात्ययानां वृक्षाणाꣳ
रसान्समवहारमेकताꣳ रसं गमयन्ति ॥ १ ॥
ते यथा तत्र न विवेकं लभन्तेऽमुष्याहं वृक्षस्य रसोऽस्म्यमुष्याहं वृक्षस्य
रसोऽस्मीत्येवमेव खलु सोम्येमाः सर्वाः प्रजाः सति सम्पद्य न विदुः सति
सम्पद्यामह इति ॥ २ ॥
त इह व्याघ्रो वा सिंहो वा वृको वा वराहो वा कीटो वा पतङ्गो वा दꣳशो वा मशको
वा यद्यद्भवन्ति तदाभवन्ति ॥ ३ ॥

Regards,
Venkatraghavan