[Advaita-l] [advaitin] One more instance of Shankara specifying 'kAraNa shareeram'

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

Reg  // Clearly AchArya accepts three sharIra; namely sthUla, sUkshma and
kAraNa sharIra. And all three are being denied for Atman.

Let us see how AchArya denies kAraNa sharIra - by negating avidya.

Clearly avidyA is accepted by AchArya as kAraNa sharIra //.

Concerning kAraNa SharIra here in Bhashya, Sri SSS translates the Bhashya
as under.

//  शुद्धं निर्मलमविद्यामलरहितमिति *कारणशरीर*प्रतिषेधः । //

//  shuddhaM nirmalamavidyAmalarahitamiti kAraNasharIrapratiShedhaH | //

Sri SSS  // ಶುದ್ಧನಾಗಿರುವವನು, ಅವಿದ್ಯೆಯೆಂಬ ಕಶ್ಚಲವಿಲ್ಲದವನು ; ಇದರಿಂದ ಕಾರಣಶರೀರವು
ಇಲ್ಲವೆಂದಿವೆ //.

Translation (Mine)  // Is Pure. Devoid of impurity termed avidyA ; Hence it
is stated as being devoid of kAraNa SharIra //.

Sri SSS adds a Foot Note for this part of Bhashya as under.

//  4. ಶರೀರವೆಂದರೆ ನಾಶವಾಗತಕ್ಕದ್ದು. ಆತ್ಮಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದ ಸಾಶವಾಗುವದರಿಂದಲೂ ನಮಗೆ
ಶರೀರಾದಿಗಳಿವೆಯೆಂಬ ಅರಿವಿಗೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿರುವದರಿಂದಲೂ ಅವಿದ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಕಾರಣಶರೀರವೆಂದಿದೆ
ಎಂದು - ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯವನ್ನು ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು. 'ಕಾರಣಶರೀರ' ಎಂಬ ಮಾತು
ಪ್ರಸ್ಥಾನತ್ರಯಭಾಷ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತೆಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಇರುವಂತಿಲ್ಲ ; ಇದೇಕೆಂಬುದನ್ನು ಬಲ್ಲವರು
ವಿಚಾರಮಾಡಬೇಕು //.

Translation (Mine)  // SharIra means what is subject to destruction. Since
it is subject to destruction by AtmajnAna,  as also is the cause for our
understanding that we are endowed with SharIra etc, it is necessary to
assume (or imagine)  that avidyA is termed kAraNa SharIra on that account.
The term ** kAraNa SharIra** is not to be found anywhere else in PTB ;
Scholars need to investigate the reasons for this //.

For information, without comments.

Regards

On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Subbu ji, Bhaskar ji.
>
> One line caught my attention (IshAvAsyOpanishad BhAshya, Mantra 8):
>
> अकायम् अशरीरं *लिङ्गशरीर*वर्जित इत्यर्थः । अव्रणमस्नाविरमित्येताभ्यां
> *स्थूलशरीर*प्रतिषेधः ।  शुद्धं निर्मलमविद्यामलरहितमिति *कारणशरीर*प्रतिषेधः
> ।
>
> Clearly AchArya accepts three sharIra; namely sthUla, sUkshma and kAraNa
> sharIra. And all three are being denied for Atman.
>
> Let us see how AchArya denies kAraNa sharIra - by negating avidyA.
>
> Clearly avidyA is accepted by AchArya as kAraNa sharIra.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>
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