[Advaita-l] [advaitin] BrihadAraNyaka 4.3.19 and Aitareya 1.3.12

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Chandramouli ji.

When "अदर्शनं लयः" or "दर्शनं सृष्टिः" is spoken about, the darshan or
adarshan is talked of avidyA-kArya and not of avidyA. This is so because
for six anAdi entities, which include avidyA, there is no drishTi-srishTi.
(अनाद्यतिरिक्तसृष्टिविषय एव दृष्टिसृष्टिस्वीकारात्).

So, in Aitareya 1.3.12, when sushupti, dream and waking are being equated
on account of asat-vastu-darshan, sushupti satisfies the criterion on
account of sAkshI-anubhava of avidyA. This does not violate KaushItakI
regarding merger of everything, because KaushItakI talks of merger of
everything in avidyA only. So, avidyA has to be appearing in sushupti.

SSSS Ji's claim of no ajnAna in sushupti is contradicted by
SureshwarachArya's emphatic statement in NS - तस्मादवश्यं सुषुप्तेsज्ञानम्
अभ्युपगन्तव्यम्. (3.57).

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.