[Advaita-l] Wonderful list of adjectives for samsAravRkSha

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

One doubt.  कदलीस्तम्भवत् निःसारः non-substantial being like a stem of banana

I don't agree because the stem of plantain stem is used for making
delicious vegetable Kootu for food. See recipe -

http://www.padhuskitchen.com/2010/08/plantain-stem-recipe-plantain-stem.html

As a matter of fact every part of plantain plant is useful - leaves,
fruits and stem. There is no useless part.

2017-02-16 18:53 GMT+05:30 Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l
<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:
> Namaste,
>
> Following Subbuji's quotation of Bhashyakara's series of adjectives for
> brahman, I recalled and looked up the following adjectives for samsAra
> (samsAravRkSha) in the commentary upon Katha 2.3.1. The list is just
> incredible!
>
> अविच्छिन्नजन्मजरामरणशोकाद्यनेकानर्थात्मकः प्रतिक्षणमन्यथास्वभावः
> मायामरीच्युदकगन्धर्वनगरादिवद्दृष्टनष्टस्वरूपत्वादवसाने च वृक्षवदभावात्मकः
> कदलीस्तम्भवन्निःसारः अनेकशतपाषण्डबुद्धिविकल्पास्पदः
> तत्त्वविजिज्ञासुभिरनिर्धारितेदंतत्त्वः वेदान्तनिर्धारितपरब्रह्ममूलसारः
> अविद्याकामकर्माव्यक्तबीजप्रभवः
> अपरब्रह्मविज्ञानक्रियाशक्तिद्वयात्मकहिरण्यगर्भाङ्कुरः
> सर्वप्राणिलिङ्गभेदस्कन्धः तत्तत्तृष्णाजलासेकोद्भूतदर्पः
> बुद्धीन्द्रियविषयप्रवालाङ्कुरः श्रुतिस्मृतिन्यायविद्योपदेशपलाशः
> यज्ञदानतपआद्यनेकक्रियासुपुष्पः सुखदुःखवेदनानेकरसः प्राण्युपजीव्यानन्तफलः
> तत्तृष्णासलिलावसेकप्ररूढजटिलीकृतदृढबद्धमूलः
> सत्यनामादिसप्तलोकब्रह्मादिभूतपक्षिकृतनीडः
> प्राणिसुखदुःखोद्भूतहर्षशोकजातनृत्यगीतवादित्रक्ष्वेलितास्फोटि
> तहसिताक्रुष्टरुदितहाहामुञ्चमुञ्चेत्याद्यनेकशब्दकृततुमुलीभूतमहारवः
> वेदान्तविहितब्रह्मात्मदर्शनासङ्गशस्त्रकृतोच्छेदः एष संसारवृक्ष अश्वत्थः
> अश्वत्थवत्कामकर्मवातेरितनित्यप्रचलितस्वभावः ।
>
>    -
>
>    अविच्छिन्नजन्मजरामरणशोकाद्यनेकानर्थात्मकः that which has many problems/
>    evils like continuous birth, death, misery, disease, etc
>    -
>
>    प्रतिक्षणम् every moment अन्यथास्वभावः that which has a changing nature
>    -
>
>    मायामरीच्युदकगन्धर्वनगरादिवत् like magic, mirage-water, city of clouds,
>    etc.
>    -
>
>    दृष्टनष्टस्वरूपत्वात् because of having the nature of being seen and
>    destroyed (the next moment)
>
>
>    -
>
>    अवसाने in the end च and वृक्षवत् like a tree अभावात्मकः that of the
>    nature of nothingness
>    -
>
>    कदलीस्तम्भवत् निःसारः non-substantial being like a stem of banana
>    -
>
>    अनेकशतपाषण्डबुद्धिविकल्पास्पदः an object of doubts/ speculations by
>    intellect of many hundreds of heretics. (Just like a tree appears as a
>    ghost in speculation).
>    -
>
>    तत्त्वविजिज्ञासुभिः by the people desirous of knowing the truth
>    -
>
>    अनिर्धारितेदंतत्त्वः  that whose true nature is not ascertained as
>    “exactly this” (that is, it is mithyA).
>    -
>
>    वेदान्तनिर्धारितपरब्रह्ममूलसारः that tree for which the highest brahman
>    is ascertained by Vedanta as the root/essence
>    -
>
>    अविद्याकामकर्माव्यक्तबीजप्रभवः that born from the seed in the form of
>    erroneous knowledge, desires, actions and results
>    -
>
>    अपरब्रह्मविज्ञानक्रियाशक्तिद्वयात्मकहिरण्यगर्भाङ्कुरः that for which
>    Hiranyagarbha, which is lower brahman, in the form of two-fold power of
>    knowledge and action is the sprout
>    -
>
>    सर्वप्राणिलिङ्गभेदस्कन्धः that tree for which the variety of subtle
>    bodies of all living beings is the trunk
>    -
>
>    तत्तत्तृष्णाजलासेकोद्भूतदर्पः that tree whose arrogance=bigness [grows]
>    because of sprinkling of water of various desires.
>    -
>
>    बुद्धीन्द्रियविषयप्रवालाङ्कुरः that tree for which objects of organs of
>    perception are offshoots
>    -
>
>    श्रुतिस्मृतिन्यायविद्योपदेशपलाशः that tree for which the discipline of
>    knowledge of Shruti, Smriti and logic are leaves
>    -
>
>    यज्ञदानतपआद्यनेकक्रियासुपुष्पः  that tree for which many activities of
>    ritual, charity, penance, pilgrimage, etc, are the beautiful flowers.
>    -
>
>    सुखदुःखवेदनानेकरसः experiences of happiness and sorrow are the tastes of
>    which fruit [of the tree]
>    -
>
>    प्राण्युपजीव्यानन्तफलः  that tree for which various results are
>    innumerable fruits.
>
>
>    -
>
>    तत्तृष्णासलिलावसेकप्ररूढजटिलीकृतदृढबद्धमूलः that tree for which samskaras
>    are well-developed secondary roots, strengthened by thickening, by
>    sprinkling of water of various desires/cravings.
>    -
>
>    सत्यनामादिसप्तलोकब्रह्मादिभूतपक्षिकृतनीडः on which tree the seven worlds
>    are the nests made by the birds in the form of living beings such as Lord
>    Brahma, etc.
>    -
>
>    प्राणिसुखदुःखोद्भूतहर्षशोकजातनृत्यगीतवादित्रक्ष्वेलितास्फोटि
>    तहसिताक्रुष्टरुदितहाहामुञ्चमुञ्चेत्याद्यनेकशब्दकृततुमुलीभूतमहारवः where
>    the huge noise has been intensified by many sounds “ha ha”, “leave me,
>    leave me”, etc, made by dancing, singing, music, sport/jumping, clapping,
>    laughing, screaming, crying, excitement and grief, created by comfort and
>    discomfort of the living beings.
>    -
>
>    वेदान्तविहितब्रह्मात्मदर्शनासङ्गशस्त्रकृतोच्छेदः cutting of which tree
>    is done by the weapon of detachment born of vision of brahman being the
>    self, as taught by Vedanta.
>    -
>
>    एषः this संसारवृक्षः tree in the form of samsara
>    -
>
>    अश्वत्थः the Ashvattha tree, that which is not permanent
>    -
>
>    अश्वत्थवत् कामकर्मवातेरितनित्यप्रचलितस्वभावः that which has an
>    ever-unsteady nature, moved/shaken by wind in the form of desires and
>    action, like the Ashvattha tree.
>
>
> g
> urupAdukAbhyAm
> ,
> --Praveen R. Bhat
> /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
> That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
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