[Advaita-l] The term 'pariNAma' means 'vivarta' for Shankara

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 9:18 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hari Om V Subramanian ji,
>
> How is sarva-vijnAna possible by eka-vijnAna in case of vivarta? There is
> no kArya-kAranNa-anayatva between world and Brahman because world is
> vivarta and is not a kArya of Brahman.
>

Actually what is thought of as karya-karana is also not any different from
vivarta. Says Shankara in BSB 2.1.14: This sutra is aptly named:
तदनन्यत्वमारम्भणशब्दादिभ्यः
॥ १४ ॥

‘ मृत्तिकेत्येव सत्यम्’ इति प्रकृतिमात्रस्य दृष्टान्ते सत्यत्वावधारणात् ,
वाचारम्भणशब्देन च विकारजातस्यानृतत्वाभिधानात् , दार्ष्टान्तिकेऽपि ‘
ऐतदात्म्यमिदꣳ सर्वं तत्सत्यम्’ इति च परमकारणस्यैवैकस्य सत्यत्वावधारणात् , ‘
स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो’ इति च शारीरस्य ब्रह्मभावोपदेशात् ; स्वयं
प्रसिद्धं ह्येतच्छारीरस्य ब्रह्मात्मत्वमुपदिश्यते,

The kaaranam alone, in the clay analogy, is taught by the shruti as satya
and the kaarya which is vikaara, is taught as mithya. So too in respect of
Brahman-world, the Supreme Cause alone is taught as the real. The jiva is
taught as verily Brahman...

regards
subbu



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