[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Prahlada's Advaitic realization - Vishnu Purana

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 4:39 PM 'Bhaskar YR' via advaitin <
advaitin at googlegroups.com> wrote:

> praNAms
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> Hare Krishna
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> Just curious to know how uttama adhikAri-s of Advaita sAdhana would
> explain this advaitic realization of bhakta-s like prahlAda, rAmakrishna
> parama haMsa, hanuman etc. coz. for them Ishwara is just a by-product of
> thick and dense avidyA in jeeva and there is NO Ishwara at all in Advaita
> paramArtha jnAna!!  It can be noted that as per uttama adhikAri-s of
> Advaita,  it is not just Ishwara jeeva abedha, it is total denial of
> Ishwaraastitva as it is just jeeva’s avidyAkruta product!!
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The Bhāgavatam replies:

Jnanis who have nothing pāramārthik to gain out of it; yet they are
overwhelmed by the guṇa-s of Īśvara (which also they know are
a-pāramārthika):

आत्मारामाश्च मुनयो निर्ग्रन्था अप्युरूक्रमे। *कुर्वन्त्यहैतुकीं
भक्तिमित्थंभूतगणो हरिः।*।भागवत 1/6/19

Those relishing the Atman, free from bondage (or no dependence on books),
display great devotion to Ishwara without any apparent reason.  The
grandeur of Hari's captivating gunas compels the attention of even such
Jnanis.

regards
subbu

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