[Advaita-l] Did Vyaasa mean Athaato Vishnu Jijnaasaa or Shiva Jijnaasaa?

[Venkatraghavan S]

It refers to nirguNa Brahman.

These words are not gunas of Brahman, they are Brahman itself.

Each of sAkshi, devah, ekah, etc  refers to chaitanyam, which is not a
feature that Brahman posesses, it is Brahman itself.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On 27 Jul 2016 2:37 p.m., "Srinath Vedagarbha" <svedagarbha at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 6:40 AM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Sri Bhaskar ji,
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>> By deva, if svayam prakAsha chit is meant (dIvyate svayam prakAshe iti
>> deva:), then it would be nirupAdhika brahman indeed.
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> So, what is the final verdict on that Sv.Up mantra? I hear two argument
> here. Who is this 'dEva' being talked about --  nirupAdhika brahman or
> Ishwara?
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> If it is former, then all guNa-s will be self same nature of that 'dEva'
> (even as per you).
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> If it is later, then providing that shruti vAkya as an evidence to prove
> nirguNatvaM of Brahman is futile as you did here
> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2016-July/041730.html
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> /sv
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