[Advaita-l] Aham Ātmā Guḍākeśa

[V Subrahmanian]

Many thanks Subhanu ji for the beautiful explanation and the very
appropriate references.  The Upaniṣadic pratyagātmā is the core of the
Vedanta doctrine.  It is to enable the aspirant realize this that the
entire Vedanta shāstra strives.

warm regards
subrahmanian.v

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 12:39 AM, subhanu via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>  Sri Subrahmanian wrote:
> "The upaniṣadic concept of 'pratyagātmā' is highlighted to bring out the
> Vedantic teaching of 'aham brahma asmi'. "
> Namaste and thank you for the blog link. As I am sure a number of members
> know, Bhagavān Ramana Maharshi stated that Gita 10.20 (aham ātmā
> Guḍākeśa..) was the shloka capturing the essence of the Gita.
> With regards the blog and pratyagātmā, there is a fascinating pair of
> vārtikā verses that not only echo adhyāsa bhāshyam (which either directly
> establishes the link between Suresvara and his teacher , or at a minimum
> confirm Suresvara had knowledge of brahma sutra bhashyam) but also amplify
> its purport that even every situation of knowing where the division yusmad
> "you" and asmad "I" is employed, it inexorably still points us beyond to
> the innermost self shorn of all superimposition , and that all external
> knowledge is presupposed by that innermost self:
> Yušmad asmad vibhāgābhyām yavadvastviha mīyate ;
> Yena tena viśešeńa pratyagarthah pratīyate
> Pratyagartham anālingya na parāgvarti jāyate;
> Vijñānam tena tat pūrvam sarvamanyat pratīyate
> Also in brihadāranyaka vārtikā sāra, Vidyaranya Swami echoes this adhyāsa
> Bhashyam  and states that when our ignorance which manifests as "I act, I
> am blind, twice born, a child etc" is removed,  all that is left is the
> only reality that is the innermost self of all:
> karomyandho dvijo bālo dagdhashchinno'ham ityapi
> Nāvidyām antareńaitaih pratyagātmā vishišyate [BVS I 65]
> This is why Suresvara says that when the innermost self is known nothing
> unknown remains:
> Pratyagātmani vijñāte nājñātam avashišyate [BUBV 1.4.1007]
> Regards
> Subhanu
>
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