[Advaita-l] 'न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते' Gita 13.12

R Krishnamoorthy srirudra at gmail.com
Wed Dec 16 04:07:13 CST 2015


As per Brahma Suthra Brahman is Sath. Then how it is said as na Sath and na
asath? R. KRISHAMOORTHY.
On 16 Dec 2015 14:25, "V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
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