[Advaita-l] ghaTa bhAShya sAra

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste,
I don't wish to belabour the point, but you may have misunderstood the
intent of that email. I am not attributing any motives to Shankara, merely
pointing out that the direct meaning of the text as espoused by the
pUrvapakshi is wrong.

Thanks
Venkatraghavan

On Wed, 8 Aug 2018, 16:32 H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 3:17 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote
>
> << The bhAShya is done to refute the direct meaning of the text >>.
>
>  My understanding is different.  The text should be read as
>
> << नैवेह किञ्चनाग्र आसीन्मृत्युनैवेदमावृतमासीत् >>
>
> << naiveha ki~nchanAgra AsInmRRityunaivedamAvRRitamAsIt >>
>
> and not as
>
> << नैवेह किञ्चनाग्र आसीत् >>
>
> << naiveha ki~nchanAgra AsIt >>.
>
> The Bhashya then is an elaboration of this and not a refutation of the
> direct meaning. This is clarified in the beginning of the Bhashya itself in
> reply to sUnya vAda.
>
> << न, ‘मृत्युनैवेदमावृतामासीत्’ इति श्रुतेः >>
>
> << na, ‘mRRityunaivedamAvRRitAmAsIt’ iti shruteH >>.
>
> This should also clarify query of Bhaskar Ji   reg  << The veda mantra
> therefore needs to be
> re-interpreted so that "there was nothing here" means "the cause and effect
> were both present, but in an unmanifest form". >>.
>
> Entire advaita sidhAnta is based on AvaraNa/veiling and vikshEpa.  As per
> sidhAnta, only “ Cause” is Existing . Due to AvaraNa/veiling of the same,
> “effects”  make an appearance and are mithya. . The effects could be
> manifest or unmanifest. This extends from avyAkRta at the time of Creation
> to the entire Creation itself.
>
> Regards
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