[Advaita-l] Fwd: Omnipresence

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

> Namaste Kaushik
> Shruti (Veda) has clear passages about Sri Ganapati of Ganesha in the
> Ganapaty-atharva-shIrshOpaniShad such as
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> त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षं तत्त्वमसि ।
> त्वमेव केवलं कर्ताऽसि ।
> त्वमेव केवलं धर्ताऽसि ।
> त्वमेव केवलं हर्ताऽसि ।
> त्वमेव सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्मासि ।
> त्वं साक्षादात्माऽसि नित्यम् ॥२॥
> Tvam-Eva Pratyakssam Tattvam-Asi |
> Tvam-Eva Kevalam Kartaa-[A]si |
> Tvam-Eva Kevalam Dhartaa-[A]si |
> Tvam-Eva Kevalam Hartaa-[A]si |
> Tvam-Eva Sarvam Khalv[u]-Idam Brahma-Asi |
> Tvam Saakssaad-Aatmaa-[A]si Nityam ||2||
>
> Meaning:
> 2.1: (O Ganapati) You indeed are the visible Tattvam (Conscious Essence
> underlying everything),
> 2.2: (O Ganapati) You indeed are the *only* Creator (Karta) (by Whose
> Power the Universe is Created),
> 2.3: (O Ganapati) You indeed are the *only* Sustainer (Dharta) (by Whose
> Power the Universe is Sustained),
> 2.4: (O Ganapati) You indeed are the *only* Destroyer (Harta) (by Whose
> Power the Universe is finally Dissolved in its Conscious Essence),
> 2.5: (O Ganapati) You indeed are All This (The Universe); You verily are
> the Brahman (giving Consciousness to All),
> 2.6: (O Ganapati) You are the visible Atman, the Eternal (underlying
> Reality),
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> सर्वं जगदिदं त्वत्तो जायते ।
> सर्वं जगदिदं त्वत्तस्तिष्ठति ।
> सर्वं जगदिदं त्वयि लयमेष्यति ।
> सर्वं जगदिदं त्वयि प्रत्येति ।
> Sarvam Jagad-Idam Tvatto Jaayate |
> Sarvam Jagad-Idam Tvattas-Tisstthati |
> Sarvam Jagad-Idam Tvayi Layamessyati |
> Sarvam Jagad-Idam Tvayi Pratyeti |
> : The Entire Universe has Manifested (Born) from You
> 6.2: The Entire Universe is Sustained by Your Power
> 6.3: The Entire Universe will Dissolve in You
> 6.4: The Entire Universe will thus finally Return to You
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> It's easy to logically reconcile all such verses praising Sri Ganapati as
> him from whom this entire creation has arisen etc., As the *only* kartA,
> the *only* dhartA etc of the Universe only from an advaitic perspective as
> taught by Sri Shankara bhagavatpAda. Otherwise we have to do a lot of text
> torturing to accommodate verses like from these. The dvaita interpretations
> cannot explain how Ganapati (who is praised in the later part of that very
> upaniShad in its brAhmaNa portion as the usual devata worshipped on
> ganesha-chaturthi, with shruti words like lambOdara, ekadanta etc. ruling
> out any far fetched meaning of the word Ganapati) and he is the only kartA.
>
> Om
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> P.S. the word shruti-viruddha means "opposed to or contradictory to
> shruti' - you had asked the meaning of this word somewhere earlier
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