[Advaita-l] The universe is a mAyic appearance

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Sat Nov 20 19:42:01 CST 2010


Namaste.

In the Srimadbhagavatam is a verse on the mAyA-nature of the universe
explained with the rope-snake analogy:

http://vedabase.net/sb/10/14/25/

ātmānam <http://vedabase.net/a/atmanam> evātmatayāvijānatāḿ

tenaiva jātaḿ <http://vedabase.net/j/jatam>
nikhilaḿ<http://vedabase.net/n/nikhilam>
prapañcitam <http://vedabase.net/p/prapancitam>

jñānena <http://vedabase.net/j/jnanena> bhūyo 'pi ca<http://vedabase.net/c/ca>
tat <http://vedabase.net/t/tat> pralīyate <http://vedabase.net/p/praliyate>

rajjvām <http://vedabase.net/r/rajjvam> aher
bhoga<http://vedabase.net/b/bhoga>-bhavābhavau
yathā <http://vedabase.net/y/yatha>

A person who mistakes a rope for a snake becomes fearful, but he then gives
up his fear upon realizing that the so-called snake does not exist.
Similarly, for those who fail to recognize You as the Supreme Soul of all
souls, the expansive illusory material existence arises, but knowledge of
You at once causes it to subside.

Regards,

subbu



<http://vedabase.net/y/yatha>



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