[Advaita-l] Ishwara Swarupam

[V Subrahmanian]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> Thus purushOttama is beyond the kshara ( kArya rUpa) akshara ( the
> kAraNa)...This reminds me lalita sahasranAma, kArya-kAraNa nirmukta kAma
> keli tarangita..
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> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>

That is exactly the Mandukya sAra: the Turiya is free of the kAraNopAdhi
and the kAryopAdhi - the two states of waking and dream (kArya) and their
kAraNa state the sleep, in all their vyaShTi and samaShTi modes.  The
shukarahasyopaniShad says:

कार्योपाधिरयं जीवः कारणोपाधिरीश्वरः ।
कार्यकारणतां हित्वा पूर्णबोधोऽवशिष्यते ॥ १२ I

//This jiva is the effect-upAdhi and Ishwara is the cause-upAdhi. Upon
giving up/rejecting/negating/transcending the upAdhis  of kArya-kAraNatva,
the Pure Infinite Consciousness/Awareness, free of any upAdhi whatsoever,
alone remains over.//

Sri Appayya Dikshitar has quoted this in the siddhAntaleshasangraha:

// सङ्क्षेपशारीरके तु - "*कार्योपाधिरयं जीवः* कारणोपाधिरीश्वरः" इति
श्रुतिमनुसृत्य अविद्यायां चित्प्रतिबिम्ब ईश्वरः, अन्तःकरणे चित्प्रतिबिम्बो
जीवः। //

According to this Ishwara is the reflected consciousness in the medium
called avidyA and jiva is the reflected consciousness in the medium called
the mind.

subrahmanian.v

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