[Advaita-l] Shata-shlokI - Shloka 3 - Supplemental note

[V. Krishnamurthy]

Namaste.

This supplemental note is on the words
“satya-mithyAtva-yogAt” (by means of the concepts of Truth
and ‘mithyA’) in the first line of shloka 3.  It is said
that in Brahma Sutra Bhashya of Shankara the following
sentence occurs:

“satyAnRte mithunI-kRtya aham-idaM mamedam-iti
naisargiko’yaM loka-vyavahAraH”

that is, “the  mixing up of Truth and non-Truth (anRta)
gives rise to the common worldly parlance of  ‘I am this’,
and ‘This is mine’”.  This reference to Shankara Bhashya
occurs in a commentary on Narayaneeyam-91-1. The context is
again a similar idea contained in the words 

“baddha-mithyArtha-dRshhTeH”

 in that shloka of Narayaneeyam, meaning “because of the
deep-rooted wrong acceptance of ephemeral values as true
and enduring”. The author of the commentary, Kadalangudy
Natesa Sastrigal, opines that these words of Narayaneeyam
could as well have been

“satya-mithyArtha-dRshhTeH”,

 and therefore would go back to the above stated sentence
from Brahma Sutra Bhashya.
It is interesting to note that Shankaracharya uses the same
words of his,  here in  Shata-shlokI.

The actual location of the above sentence of Shankara
Bhashya has however not been found by me. I would
appreciate readers’ help on this. 

Regarding Narayaneeyam Shloka 91-1, one can see my  posting
on  the shloka in

http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/m15030.html

or in the files section of advaitin under Narayaniyam.

PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya.
profvk



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