[Advaita-l] [advaitin] One more 'samskara' employed by Shankara in the GB for avidya lesha

[V Subrahmanian]

Dear Sudhanshu ji,

विवर्तवादस्य पूर्वभूमिः वेदान्तवादे परिणामवादः ।
व्यवस्थितेऽस्मिन् परिणामवादे स्वयं समायाति विवर्तवादः ॥

चिवर्तवादस्य पूर्वभूमिः वेदान्तवादे परिणामवादः ।I think it is from the
SankshepashAreeraka.

[The doctrine of transformation (Sankhya) is the one that just precedes the
doctrine of transfiguration (vivarta) of the Vedanta.  Once the former is
well grasped, the latter falls in place by itself.]

The Ratnaprabha for BSN 2.1.14 at the end quotes a verse in this
connection: कृपणधीः परिणाममुदीक्षते क्षयितकल्मषधीस्तु विवर्तताम्  (source
not provided). [‘The unprepared aspirant understands only the ‘creation,
transformation’ scheme whereas the one who has purified his mind of all
dross is able to appreciate the ‘transfiguration’ vivarta of Atman/Brahman
as appearing as the world and jIva-s.’]

PS:  ‘भूयश्चान्ते विश्वमायानिवृत्तिः’(श्वे. उ. १ । १०) is Shvetashvatara
Upanishad (not Mundaka).

warm regards
subbu


On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Bhaskar ji.
>
>
>>    - And this is inferior explanation when compared to DSV and ajAta…So
>>    paramArtha jnAni as explained in SDV somewhat inferior to the jnAni in DSV
>>    and AV.  😊
>>
>>
> No. srishTi-drishTi-VAda model is not an inferior model. The model is a
> suitable model. However, it is for people who have great attachment to
> kArya-kAraNa-bhAva, who are unable to appreciate the identity of
> waking/dream/sushupti.
>
> However, one needs to sublate SDV to arrive at DSV. And then sublate DSV
> to arrive at already-present ajAti.
>
> Samkshepa ShArIraka, 2.86, states it - परिणाम इत्यथ विवर्त इति बहवोऽहमेव च
> मुमुक्षुरिति । परिपुष्कलं च परमं पदमित्यवगत्य तिष्ठति महिम्नि निजे ॥८६॥
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>
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