[Advaita-l] What is Krishna's 'tattva'?

sreenivasa murthy narayana145 at yahoo.co.in
Sun Nov 19 11:32:23 EST 2017


Dear Readers,
What is "my" tattva? tattvadarSis may please help me in getting the answer.I will be very grateful. Thanking you,With respectful namaskara,Sreenivasa Murthy
 

    On Sunday 19 November 2017, 8:04:01 AM IST, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 Copying a post from the Advaitin forum:

Venkatraghavan S
Today at 1:58 AM
Thank you for the enlightening post Subbuji. The first part reminded me of
Mahaperiyava's Chandrashekharendra Sarasvati Svamigal's commentary on this
Bhagavad Gita sloka 18.55, in his own voice: (in Tamil)
https://youtu.be/3JiyzcJMB4Q

Regards,
Venkatraghavan


On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 12:22 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The word 'tattva' means: tasya bhāvaḥ tattvam. The true nature of a thing
> is called tattvam.
>
> Shankara says BSB 1.1.21:
>
> कथमेतदवगम्यते ? ‘येनाक्षरं पुरुषं वेद सत्यं प्रोवाच तां तत्त्वतो ब्रह्मविद्याम्’
> (मु. उ. १ । २ । १३)
> <http://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Mundaka?page=1&id=MD_C01_S02_V13&hl=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D> इति
> प्रकृतस्यैवाक्षरस्य भूतयोनेरदृश्यत्वादिगुणकस्य वक्तव्यत्वेन
> प्रतिज्ञातत्वात् ।
>
> Here the word 'tattva' of the Mundakopanishat is given the meaning: That
> Source of the Beings that cannot be seen with the eye, etc.
>
> We have in the Bh.Gītā the Lord saying:
>
> भक्त्या मामभिजानाति
> यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः ।
> ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा
> विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥ ५५ ॥
>
> He who knows Me as the Vishvarupa and also As I am actually in truth,
> thus having known Me actually, he becomes one with Me immediately.
>
> Shankara says: भक्त्या माम् अभिजानाति यावान् अहम् उपाधिकृतविस्तरभेदः,
> यश्च अहम् अस्मि विध्वस्तसर्वोपाधिभेदः उत्तमः पुरुषः आकाशकल्पः, तं माम्
> अद्वैतं चैतन्यमात्रैकरसम् अजरम् अभयम् अनिधनं तत्त्वतः अभिजानाति । ततः माम्
> एवं तत्त्वतः ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरं मामेव ज्ञानानन्तरम् । नात्र
> ज्ञानप्रवेशक्रिये भिन्ने विवक्षिते ‘ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम्’ इति । किं
> तर्हि ? फलान्तराभावात् ज्ञानमात्रमेव, ‘क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि’ (भ.
> गी. १३ । २)
> <http://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Gita?page=13&id=BG_C13_V02&hl=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9E%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF> इति
> उक्तत्वात् ॥
>
> Shankara gives the Tattva of Bhagavān: By devotion one knows Me with the
> upādhi-created expansive form (Vishvarūpa), and 'As I am' free of all
> upādhis, the Supreme Purusha, Brahman, just like ether, Advaitam, without
> any kind of second, Pure Consciousness, free of old age, fear, death, thus
> knowing Me 'tattvataḥ', As I Am in truth...Having secured the right
> knowledge of Me, he 'enters' Me. Shankara raises a question, with a teaser:
> Is this 'entering' the Lord mean anything like: After knowing, one enters
> later?'. No. Then what does the Lord say: By using the word 'viśate
> tadanantaram', 'enters immediately upon knowing'. There is no fruit other
> than knowing, as the Lord has said in the 13.2: Know Me as the Kshetrajna
> as well.'
>
> Shankara is reiterating the Vedānta siddhānta: there is no two-step
> procedure here: first know and then enter. It is jnanamātrāt mokṣa. He has
> said this elaborately in the BSB 1.1.1.4, samanvaya sutra bhashya. This is
> an aside.
>
>
>
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