[Advaita-l] BrihadAraNyaka 4.3.19 and Aitareya 1.3.12

[Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati]]

Namaste Chandramouliji,




On Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 6:11 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Here, in Kaushitaki Up,  अदर्शनं लय (adarshanaM laya) , it is stated that
> there is अदर्शनं (adarshanaM) during sushupti , while earlier citation
> from Aitareya Up stated ** "darshana of non-existent
> vastu" i.e. asat-vastu-darshana ** during Sushupti. Are not these two
> contradictory ?
>
> I am not contesting any claims. Just a genuine doubt. I might have made a
> mistake in understanding. Apologies in advance if so.
>

I think Aitareya is comparing darshana being of asatvastu of waking like
dream, not adarshana of Kaushitaki, which is compared with pralaya.
Darshana in waking is comparable to sRShTi.

gurupAdukAbhyAm,
--Ananta Chaitanya
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