[Advaita-l] A replica of Adhyasa Bhashya in the Gita Bhashya13.26

[Kuntimaddi Sadananda]

Venkatraghavanji - PraNAms
Thanks for this post.
As a side note, I always wonder why jnaana abhaava itself can cause vikshepa shakti. Partial Jnaana abhaava may be a cause but vikshepa should be located in upahita chaitanya either at vyaShTi level for praatibhaasika, and samShTi level for vyaavaahirka adhyaasa. SatyaanRita mithuneekaraNam should be occurring at the upahita chaitanya level only for any adhyaasa. 
Just thinking.
Hari Om!Sadananda

 

    On Thursday, April 30, 2020, 11:24:14 PM GMT+5:30, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 Namaste Raghav ji,
I don't think this refers to vivekajnAna abhAva being a (upAdAna) kAraNa of
the samyoga.

Rather, AchArya is saying that because of the absence of discrimination
between what is the self (or rope) and what is the non-self (or snake), one
ends up with the samyoga of the two, meaning the mixing up of the self for
the bon self and vice-versa.

If that viveka was there, the ajnAna would not survive its presence,  therefore
in the absence of the viveka, ajnAna is present, and consequently gives
rise to the adhyAsa.

One clearly cannot say jnAnAbhAva gave rise to the adhyAsa, because katham
asata: sajjAyeta? (As AchArya says here
itself तस्य यथोक्तसम्यग्दर्शनविरोधात् अपगच्छति मिथ्याज्ञानम् - how will an
absence go? Ergo it cannot be an absence).

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Thu, 30 Apr 2020, 18:11 Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> A follow up sentence I missed - the word "causative" is better written as
> 'causal' indicating its latency and absence of direct observability.
>
> Again, any corrections are welcome.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 30 Apr, 2020, 9:59 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula, <
> raghavkumar00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Namaste Praveen ji
> > A doubt here -
> > 1. You wrote - I think the Panchami just means hetu here.
> >
> > 2. I’d be a little careful using it as a causative for adhyAsa as it
> might
> > accrue the same flaw ajnAna being abhAvarUpa! 😊
> > (I am intrigued...!)
> > 3. And then concluded with nibandhanam = kAraNam
> >
> > Are not the ideas of "hetu", "causative factor" and "kAraNam"
> > interchangeable , or am I missing something here?
> >
> > I think if you could elaborate point 2, it should clarify the entire
> > matter.
> >
> > Also to check if the following ways of putting it are correct, please let
> > me know.
> > 1. adhyAsa is caused by avidyA
> > 2. avidyA is the hetu for the occurrence of adhyAsa.
> > 3. avidyA is the kAraNam for adhyAsa.
> >
> > Om
> >
> > Raghav
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Apr, 2020, 9:41 PM Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l, <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Namaste Raghav ji,
> >> (Thanks Subbuji for the OP)
> >>
> >> From: Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l
> >>
> >> Can we counter the objection (by just looking at this reference) that
> >> aGYAna is GYAnAbhAva? Since the abhAva reference is there in this gItA
> >> passage -  "तद्विवेकज्ञानाभावात्
> >> अध्यारोपितसर्परजतादिसंयोग..." .
> >>
> >> Would it be logical to say that the Panchami prayoga in
> >> vivekaGYAna-abhAvAt
> >> itself implies a causative factor for adhyAsa?
> >>
> >> >>> I think the Panchami just means hetu here. I’d be a little careful
> >> using it as a causative for adhyAsa as it might accrue the same flaw
> ajnAna
> >> being abhAvarUpa! 😊
> >>
> >> Also in  विषयविषयिणोः भिन्नस्वभावयोः इतरेतरतद्धर्माध्यासलक्षणः संयोगः
> >> क्षेत्र
> >> क्षेत्रज्ञस्वरूपविवेकाभावनिबन्धनः, a point to consider is whether the
> word
> >> nibandhaH can be taken as the "seat" or "basis" or "origin" - again all
> >> these have the causative sense. (...the other meaning of nibandhanaH as
> >> "fastening" or "tying together" is also there of course). So we could
> say
> >> अध्यासलक्षणः संयोगः विवेकाभावनिबन्धनः  (विवेकाभावः यस्य निबन्धनः सः
> >> विवेकाभावनिबन्धनः).
> >>
> >> >>> क्षेत्रस्वरूप-क्षेत्रज्ञस्वरूपयोः विवेकस्य अभावः निबन्धनं = कारणं
> >> यस्य संयोगस्य सः संयोगः क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञस्वरूपविवेकाभावनिबन्धनः। I urge
> >> those interested to read Bhagavan Anandagiri’s TIkA on it ending nicely
> >> with सम्यग्ज्ञानात् अज्ञानतत्कार्यनिवृत्त्या मुक्तिः, इति स्थिते,
> फलितमाह-
> >> य एवमिति
> >>
> >> Kind rgds,
> >> --Praveen R. Bhat
> >> /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one
> know
> >> That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
> >>
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