[Advaita-l] Veda Vyasa, the symbol of Trimurti Abheda

[V Subrahmanian]

In continuation of the post below, here is yet another verse, from an
edition of the Mahabharata, that states Veda Vyasa was a manifestation of
the Trimurti-s:

https://bombay.indology.info/mahabharata/apps/UD/Supp01.txt

01*0005_01 यः श्वेतत्वमुपागतः कृतयुगे त्रेतायुगे रक्ततां
01*0005_02 युग्मे यः कपिलः कलौ च भगवान्कृष्णत्वमायाग *
01*0005_03 * * * * * * * दन्ति मुनयो यो योगिभिर्गीयते
01*0005_04 स ब्रह्मा यदि वा हरो यदि शिवो यः कोऽपि तस्मै नमः


The last line translates to: Obeisance to Veda Vyasa, whoever he may
be, whether Brahmaa, or Hari  or Shiva.  There are some variations in
the reading. In one version the shloka ends:  Let that deity (any of
the Trimurtis) protect the world from degeneration.


The above depiction is from some old manuscripts, which have errors
also, as is evident from the last line. (Hara and Shiva are the same.
It could be Hari and Shiva.)


regards

subbu






On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 2:45 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Veda Vyasa, the symbol of Trimurti Abheda
>
> In the Bharata Savitri, an appendix to the Harivamsha, there is this verse
> about Badarayana:
>
> अचतुर्वदनो ब्रह्मा द्विबाहुरपरो हरिः |
> अफाललोचनः शंभुर्भगवान् बादरायणः || ३ ||
>
> He is Brahmaa sans the four faces, Hari with two hands and Shambhu sans
> the third eye.
>
> We are reminded of the famous verse on Guru:
>
> गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः। गुरुस्साक्षात्परं ब्रह्म
> तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥  of the Guru gita.
>
> The Ashtottara 100 names of Veda Vyasa has the name 'Badarayana' at the
> end.
>
> True to his svarupa, Veda Vyasa has established the idea of Trimurti
> abheda across his various works. The very second Brahma sutra - janmaadi
> asya yatah - is also a fine example of this theme.  Brahman, the
> jagatkaaranam, is taught as the cause of creation, sustenance and
> dissolution.  Shankara cites the Taittiriya passage:   यतो वा इमानि
> भूतानि जायन्ते । येन जातानि जीवन्ति । यत्प्रयन्त्यभिसंविशन्ति ।
> तद्विजिज्ञासस्व । तद्ब्रह्मेति ।  [From which source these beings are born,
> by which, having born, they live on and enter into whom upon dissolution -
> know that to be Brahman.]  The gloss, Ratnaprabha, says:   अत्र
> येनेत्येकत्वं विवक्षितम् , नानात्वे ब्रह्मत्वविधानायोगात् । यज्जगत्कारणं
> तदेकमित्यवान्तरवाक्यम् । [By the word 'yena' the shruti teaches that the
> cause is One; if it were many, then this passage cannot be teaching
> Brahman.] Thus, the cause of creation, sustenance and dissolution is the
> same entity and not many. In the Vishnu Sahasra nama bhashya Shankara has
> stated that One Brahman alone as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva perform the
> cosmic functions of creation, etc.
>
> Thus, Veda Vyasa, the Para Brahman in truth, is a fine representation of
> the Trimurtis.  The 108 names bring out his jagatkaaranatvam.
>
> May Veda Vyasa bless us with the liberating knowledge.
>
> Om Tat Sat
>
>
>