[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Real import of creation-sentences

[Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati]]

Looks like i missed the A-list in my reply other day! Resending.

Kind rgds,
--Ananta Chaitanya
/* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
That, owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 8:53 PM Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati] <
bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Namaste Sudhanshuji,
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 6:44 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sir, this creation is certainly a story. If you are believing in this
>> story, please come to SDV, I have many very-very interesting stories
>> therein to entertain.
>>
>
> And how can we forget the beautiful words of Bhagavan Karikakara so:
>
> विभूतिं प्रसवं त्वन्ये मन्यन्ते *सृष्टिचिन्तकाः*।
> स्वप्नमायासरूपेति सृष्टिरन्यैर्विकल्पिता ॥ ७ ॥
>
> followed by bhAShya so:
> विभूतिर्विस्तार ईश्वरस्य सृष्टिरिति सृष्टिचिन्तका मन्यन्ते, *न तु
> परमार्थचिन्तकानां सृष्टावादर इत्यर्थः*,
>
>
>
> ....
>
>  *अतस्तच्चिन्तायामेवादरो मुमुक्षूणामार्याणाम् , न निष्प्रयोजनायां
> सृष्टावादर* इत्यतः सृष्टिचिन्तकानामेवैते विकल्पा इत्याह — स्वप्नमायासरूपेति
> । स्वप्नसरूपा मायासरूपा चेति ॥
>
> gurupAdukAbhyAm,
> --Ananta Chaitanya
> /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
> That, owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
>
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