[Advaita-l] Regarding the Pancharatra, Shankara is one with Purvamimamsa

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

 Shankara introduces this section by stating among
other things:   तथापि वेदान्तवाक्यानिव्याचक्षाणैः सम्यग्दर्शनप्रतिपक्षभूतानि
 सांख्यादिदर्शनानि निराकरणीयानीति तदर्थः परः पादः प्रवर्तते ।  [Those
systems that are contradictory to 'direct knowledge' namely sankhya, etc.
are to be refuted and for this purpose this section 2.2 is commenced.]


Namaste Kalyan ji
You wrote that
IMO, the sankhya yoga of gIta applies to Kapila saankhya as well. This is a
*theistic variation of saankhya*, which the MB and gIta propound.



In other words you do notice 2 variations in sAMkhya but then you said
" I am not interested in new definitions or re-definitions of Sankhya.
Sankhya in MB is Sankhya of Kapila as the MB itself says. Period.  *Theory
of 2 sankhyas* , 2 kapilas, 2 buddhas etc would strain one's credulity."

The *variation* in jadapradhAnakAraNatva and ubhayakAraNatva is quite
drastic.
You are in effect saying there are 2 sANkhyas viz. ,  nirIshvara sAMkhya
refuted by bAdarAyaNa  and also a gItA and MB variation viz.,  'sEshvara
sAMkhya which accepts the ubhayakAraNatvaM of brahman',  ;that's
unexceptionable. That brings the philosophical views of the author's of
sUtra and bhArata quite close and actually goes against your initial thesis
that they are different.

If you indicate verses in MB that support nirIshvara sAmkhya which is
refuted in sUtras, that would strengthen your claim of them being
different, not otherwise.


Om