[Advaita-l] Trimurtis and aAll gods are mere forms of one Brahman - Shankara

[H S Chandramouli]

> Namaste Raghav Ji,
>
> Reg << The characteristic of 'samsAritvaM being kalpitam', is common to
> both
> general jIvas and the special exalted jIva viz., hiraNyagarbha. So that
> (samsAritvaM being kalpitaM) would not be the distinguishing characteristic
> that makes for upAsyatvaM of hiraNyagarbha. >>,
>
> My understanding. There is a difference between the “ kalpita samsAritvam
> “ as between HiraNyagarbha and other jIvAs. HiraNyagarbha becomes a jnAni
> almost immediately after birth. Other jIvAs are not so. That is the
> distinguishing characteristic that makes for upAsyatvam of HiraNyagarbha.
> This is broughtout in the Bhashya itself in the same place. All jIvAs also
> may be Brahman only, but they are not BrahmajnAnIs because they are not
> aware of their status as Brahman.
>
> I have kept the response very brief intentionally. Any specific issue
> could be clarified by way of discussion.
>
> Regards
>
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