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

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

If Aitareya 1.3.12 is concerning  asat-vastu-darshan of avidyA in Sushupti,
then this part of  Aitareya cannot be considered to be DSV since for six
anAdi entities, which include avidyA, there is no drishTi-srishTi. But it
was stated in your earlier posts that this part of  Aitareya is DSV.

Regards

On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
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