[Advaita-l] 'न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते' Gita 13.12

[V Subrahmanian]

2015-12-16 10:07 GMT+05:30 Durga Prasad Janaswamy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:

> Hari Om,
> Namaste.
>
>
> Gita 13.12
> 'न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते'
>

The above is split thus:

(ब्रह्म) = तत् न ’सत्’ उच्यते, न ’असत्’ उच्यते

That (Brahman) is not (cannot) be stated to be 'sat', (It) cannot be stated
to be 'asat'.

regards
subrahmanian.v

>
> Question is whether
> a. 'न' goes with सत् and असत्
> or
> b. 'न' goes with 'तत् उच्यते'.
>
> That is
> a. तत् उच्यते - 'न सत् न असत्'
> or
> b. 'न सत् इति उच्यते and न असत् इति उच्यते'.
>
> In other words,
> a. It is said that Brahma neither exists nor doesnot exit.
> or
> b. It cannot be said whether Brahma is in the form of existence or
> non-existence.
>
> Regards
> -- durga prasad
>
>