[Advaita-l] Trimurtis are created of Pancha bhūta-s - Shankara

[H S Chandramouli]

Dear Sri Subrahmanian Ji,

What I have quoted is the Bhashya for Mundaka 1-1-8 only.

I have just referred to the Mundaka Bhashya talks by Sri Mani Dravid
Shastrigal on mantra 1-1-8 as well as 1-1-9. He makes it explicitly clear
that Hiranyagarbha is "born" directly from avyAkRta, here understood as
Brahman endowed with MAyA.

Unfortunately I do not have ready access at this time to the talks by Swami
Paramarthananda on this mantra. If anyone is having it, perhaps he could
elaborate on the same.

I have also referred to the hindi commentary by Swami Maheshanadagiri on
the Anubhuti Prakasha verse you have cited. My understanding of the
commentary is in line with what I have stated earlier. However I am not
quoting it here as my understanding of hindi while being adequate for my
personal use is not good enough for explaining to others.

Regards

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 6:22 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Sri Chandramouli ji,
>
> I had seen that bhāṣyam for the next mantra that you have cited. Since it
> is about the sthūla pancha bhūta srishti, I did not cite that. Here is the
> confirmation  that it is so, from the Anubhūti prakāśa on Mundakopanishat:
>
> तस्मादन्नत् क्रियाशक्तिः प्राणो, ज्ञानस्य साधनम् ।
> मनः, च अजायत, *स्थूलं सत्याख्यं भूतपञ्चकम्* ॥ 25
>
> One can see the essence of the mantra 9 captured here. The next in the
> sequence is the creation of the loka-s. This can happen only after the
> sthūla bhūta creation. Hiranyagarbha's creation is before the sthula bhuta
> creation. Hence, as Anandagiri has explained, he is the effect of the
> sūkṣma bhūtas.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 2:58 PM, H S Chandramouli <
> hschandramouli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  From that Hiranyagarbha evolved *manah*, that which is called the
>>>> (cosmic) mind, comprising volition, deliberation, doubt, determination,
>>>> etc., evolved *satyam*, the five elements, such as space etc., which
>>>> are called satya (i.e. the gross, *sat*, and the subtle, *tyat*). >>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To my understanding, it is clear that according to this Bhashyam,
>>>> Hiranyagarbha is NOT a product of panchabhutas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I  leave it at this. It is for members to come to their own
>>>> conclusions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>