[Advaita-l] dRShTi-sRShTi definitions in the advaitasiddhi

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Tue Aug 15 05:18:06 EDT 2017


The book by Sri Swaminathan can be accessed at the following link

<< http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/sarada/Siddhi.pdf >>

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On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 2:38 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 10:31 PM, Praveen R. Bhat <bhatpraveen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> ​<<  Namaste Chandramouliji,  The above quotation is at the end wherein
>> MS says: सर्वलोकादिसृष्टिश्च तत्तद्दृष्टिव्यक्तिम् अभिप्रेत्य, यदा यत्
>> पश्यति, तत्समकालं तत् सृजति इत्यत्र तात्पर्यात्। My translation for this
>> would be: And due to the purport [of DSV] being in "when one sees whatever
>> [thing/ object], at the same time he creates that", having accepted each of
>> those individual sights, there is entire creation of all the worlds, etc.
>> (I wonder if this statement of MS could also accommodate NJV, Anandji?)
>> This removes the possibility of interpreting the Sanskrit verse also the
>> way it has been interpreted by you.  >>,
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>> I had thought of  withdrawing at this stage, what with threats of harsh
>> response etc. But I felt it may send a wrong message to any others who
>> might be following the thread that the above conclusion is correct. Hence
>> decided to address the Forum directly with my response.
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>> This time I am copying from a paper by Sri Swaminathan on Advaita Siddhi
>> prepared by him under the guidance of Sri MM Krishnamurthy Shastrigal who
>> needs no introduction here.  He quotes from AS page 536
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>> << द्ृष्टिसृष्टौ च " एवमेवास्मादात्मनः सर्वे प्राणाः सर्वे लोकाः सर्वे
>> देवाः सर्वाणि भूतानि व्युच्चरन्ति इति  श्रुतिः सुप्तोत्थितजीवात्
>> प्राणादिसृष्टि-प्रतिपादयन्ती  प्रमाणम्  >>
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>> << dRRiShTisRRiShTau cha " evamevAsmAdAtmanaH sarve prANAH sarve lokAH
>> sarve devAH sarvANi bhUtAni vyuchcharanti iti  shrutiH suptotthitajIvAt
>> prANAdisRRiShTi-pratipAdayantI  pramANam   >>
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>> Translation by Sri Swaminathan  << The Sruti  “ from this Atman, all
>> Pranas, all worlds, all Vedas, all elements are born “, which maintain the
>> creation of Prana etc from the Jiva after waking from sleep are proof
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>> the sruti quote is from BU 2-1-20.  The same quote from BU 2-1-20 also
>> figures in BGB 13-31 earlier quoted by me in the context of my translation
>> ( verse no is 31 in the book by Swami Gambhirananda and it is 30 in the
>> Advaita Sharada website version).
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>> My translaton stands.
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>> Regards
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