[Advaita-l] Who is Ishwara? He is NARAYANA only. Beautiful and soothing Narayana Bhajan

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

Adi Sankara has practically agreed with Bhagavata followers in the
Sutra Bhashya 2-2-42 on Supremacy of Narayana. He has said -

तत्र भागवता मन्यते — भगवानेवैको वासुदेवो निरञ्जनज्ञानस्वरूपः
परमार्थतत्त्वम् ; स चतुर्धात्मानं प्रविभज्य प्रतिष्ठितः —
वासुदेवव्यूहरूपेण, सङ्कर्षणव्यूहरूपेण, प्रद्युम्नव्यूहरूपेण,
अनिरुद्धव्यूहरूपेण च ; वासुदेवो नाम परमात्मा उच्यते ; सङ्कर्षणो नाम
जीवः ; प्रद्युम्नो नाम मनः ; अनिरुद्धो नाम अहंकारः ; तेषां वासुदेवः
परा प्रकृतिः, इतरे सङ्कर्षणादयः कार्यम् ; तमित्थंभूतं परमेश्वरं
भगवन्तमभिगमनोपादानेज्यास्वाध्याययोगैर्वर्षशतमिष्ट्वा क्षीणक्लेशो
भगवन्तमेव प्रतिपद्यत इति । तत्र यत्तावदुच्यते — योऽसौ नारायणः
परोऽव्यक्तात्प्रसिद्धः परमात्मा सर्वात्मा, स आत्मनात्मानमनेकधा
व्यूह्यावस्थित इति — तन्न निराक्रियते, ‘ स एकधा भवति त्रिधा भवति’ (छा.
उ. ७ । २६ । २) इत्यादिश्रुतिभ्यः परमात्मनोऽनेकधाभावस्याधिगतत्वात् ;
यदपि तस्य भगवतोऽभिगमनादिलक्षणमाराधनमजस्रमनन्यचित्ततयाभिप्रेयते, तदपि न
प्रतिषिध्यते, श्रुतिस्मृत्योरीश्वरप्रणिधानस्य प्रसिद्धत्वात् ।

His Parama Guru Gaudapada has also worshipped Narayana only in
Mandukya Karikas with words द्विपदां वरम् and Sankara Bhashya is
saying द्विपदां वरं द्विपदोपलक्षितानां पुरुषाणां वरं प्रधानम् ,
पुरुषोत्तममित्यभिप्रायः

This पुरुषोत्तम is nothing but Narayana only because in first Sloka of
Mahabharata they have used word नरोत्तम in नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव
नरोत्तमम्

Therefore it is very clear Narayana is the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.

The trouble with Vaishnavas is they are restricting this Narayana to
meaning Vishnu only. No, Narayana is including Brahma, Siva, Vishnu
and others also. He is not one particular God but all gods. He is
Supreme.

We should also remember Ishwara is not final for Advaita but Nirguna Brahma is.



On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 7:40 AM, V Subrahmanian
<v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> Namaste
>>
>> I listen to this popular Narayana Bhajan without fail everyday like
>> many many people -
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnLfUf1Iefc
>>
>> In the Narayana Sukta Narayana is the Ultimate Ishwara. Who is He? The
>> Upanisad has said -
>>
>> sa brahma sa śivaḥ sa hariḥ sendraḥ so'kṣaraḥ paramaḥ svarāṭ.
>>
>> He is Brahma, Siva, Vishnu, Indra and other gods. He is the
>> Imperishable, the Absolute, the Autonomous Being.
>
>
> Sayana in the bhashya to this sukta says - it is not any mūrtiviṣeśa, that
> is not any particular form, meaning that it is Nirguna Brahman. He gives the
> shruti 'param jyotirupasampadya..' which is discussed in the brahma sutra
> bhashya as the self that is realized upon right knowledge. This is nirguna
> Brahman in Advaita.  Sayana also says that this entity is the adhishthana
> for the aropita jagat. That is again nirguna brahman.
>
> regards
> vs
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> -Venkatesh
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Regards

-Venkatesh


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-Venkatesh