[Advaita-l] 'iti' in the vAcArambhaNa shruti

[H S Chandramouli]

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> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:43 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
> > wrote:
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> How can there by a limited application to this illustration, three in
> number? It is only with the aim of stating the siddhanta that the three
> analogies have been employed.
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> Firstly, this illustration  are much more than three in number as copied
> below. Ch Up 6-4-1 to 4.
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> यदग्ने रोहितꣳ रूपं तेजसस्तद्रूपं यच्छुक्लं तदपां यत्कृष्णं
> तदन्नस्यापागादग्नेरग्नित्वं वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं त्रीणि रूपाणीत्येव
> सत्यम् ॥ १ ॥
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> यदादित्यस्य रोहितꣳ रूपं तेजसस्तद्रूपं यच्छुक्लं तदपां यत्कृष्णं
> तदन्नस्यापागादादित्यादादित्यत्वं वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं त्रीणि
> रूपाणीत्येव सत्यम् ॥ २ ॥
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> यच्चन्द्रमसो रोहितꣳ रूपं तेजसस्तद्रूपं यच्छुक्लं तदपां यत्कृष्णं
> तदन्नस्यापागाच्चान्द्राच्चन्द्रत्वं वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं त्रीणि
> रूपाणीत्येव सत्यम् ॥ ३ ॥
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> यद्विद्युतो रोहितꣳ रूपं तेजसस्तद्रूपं यत्छुक्लं तदपां यत्कृष्णं
> तदन्नस्यापागाद्विद्युतो विद्युत्त्वं वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं त्रीणि
> रूपाणीत्येव सत्यम् ॥ ४ ॥
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> It will also be noticed that these are not so straightforward for
> understanding as the first three referred to earlier.
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> Surely these are stated with a view to establish the sidhanta. However
> they are not the final part of the sidhanta. As is generally well known,
> sruti adopts the adhyArOpa-apavAda method for establishing the sidhanta.
> The mantras cited above form the initial part of the ahyArOpa while the
> three cited earlier form part of the apavAda. These are also the basis for
> many upAsanAs especially those meant for laya-chintana, including upAsana
> on OmkAra.
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> In this part of the adhyArOpa-apavAda methodology, both kAraNa and kArya
> (for example मृत्  मृत्पिण्ड  घट/ mrut mrutpiNda ghata) all enjoy the
> same level of reality. kArya is satya but as kAraNa only. But that is not
> the ultimate position. If we were to take one object from each of the three
> illustrations, say for example pot/chain/spoon, what is satya? It is none
> of the three listed in the illustrations. It can be stated as “panchIkruta
> panchabhUtAs”. “ityEva” continues here also.
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> The Ultimate Reality is सत् (sat) and only सत् (sat). There “ityEva” is
> replaced by “Eva” only, dropping “iti”. At this stage, “kAraNa’ and kArya
> enjoy different levels of Reality. “kArya” (world) is not satya, only
> “kAraNa” सत् (sat) is.
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> Regards
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