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

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Thank you for your post quoting the verse, Subbu ji

Om

On Mon, 4 May, 2020, 10:26 AM V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> स्वेनैव कल्पिते देशे व्योम्नि यद्वद्घटादिकम् ।
> तथा जीवाश्रिताऽविद्यां मन्यन्ते ज्ञानकोविदाः ॥
>
> A pot for example, comes into being in the vast space and occupies a place
> even while containing (pot)space within it. In the same way the jiva comes
> into being and occupies a place in avidyA even while containing avidyA
> within itself.  Thus do the wise hold.
>
> >Would anyone please provide the reference of the above verse/mantra?
>
> Sri Anand Hudli had replied:
>
> Among the schools of advaita, the bhAmatI school has accepted the theory
> that the locus of avidyA is the individual soul, jIva. VAcaspati says
> in his bhAmatI (1.1.4), "na avidyA brahmAshrayA kiM tu jIve." The quote
> is probably from a later work, since I have seen a similar shloka in
> prakAshAnanda's Vedanta siddhAnta muktAvalI. amalAnanda, the author of
> the vedAnta-kalpataru commentary on the bhAmatI, also has defended
> vAcaspati's position. It is often pointed out that vAcaspati's position
> is similar to that of maNDana mishra in his brahmasiddhi, where he says,
>  "yattu kasya avidyeti, jIvAnAm iti brUmaH".
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>
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