[Advaita-l] Looking for the source of a passage

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Subbuji,

It is not surprising that you didn't find any references in your search -
the paippalAda rescension in (near?) complete, publicly available form is a
relatively recent development.

Only a corrupted and damaged version of paippalAda manuscripts in Kashmiri
Sharada was publicly available until 1957, when a living tradition was
discovered in Orissa. Any publications of the bhAShya predating then would
not have been able to find the reference.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan


On Mon, 11 May 2020, 13:22 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Venkat ji.  It is nice that we are getting reference to this
> passage which is not to be found in all the editions/translations of the
> Bhashyam that I searched in.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 5:06 PM Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Namaste Subbuji,
>> I was going to respond saying that it was from the paippalAda samhitA
>> when I saw your email. Thanks for the complete reference and the link to
>> the entire sUkta - it is a beautiful description of vishvarUpa darshana /
>> sarvAtma bhAva.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 11 May 2020, 11:28 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:29 AM V Subrahmanian <
>>> v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > In the Brahma sutra bhashya 2.3.43, Shankara has cited a passage as
>>> from
>>> > the Atharva veda:
>>> >
>>> > तथा ह्येके शाखिनो दाशकितवादिभावं ब्रह्मण आमनन्त्याथर्वणिका
>>> ब्रह्मसूक्ते —
>>> > ‘ ब्रह्म दाशा ब्रह्म दासा ब्रह्मैवेमे कितवाः’ इत्यादिना ;
>>> >
>>>
>>> A member in the BVP kindly identified the passage:
>>>
>>> //Namaste,
>>>
>>> These words are from Athava Veda Paippalaada Samhitaa 8.9.11.
>>> "ब्रह्म दाशा ब्रह्म दासा ब्रह्मेमे कितवा उत ।
>>> स्त्रीपुंसौ ब्रह्मणो जातौ स्त्रियो ब्रह्म उत वावन ।।"
>>>
>>> Please see the following links:
>>> https://archive.org/details/20190720_20190720_0950/page/n278/mode/1up
>>> https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.345311/page/n600/mode/1up
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sushil  //
>>>
>>> The first link is for the pdf of the Atharva Paippalada samhita.
>>>
>>> By reading the entire sukta, image of which is here:
>>>
>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bvparishat/CAKk0Te3j0kwDsQsvbqmVe5hDMa1a5GBxbc3Y%3DyDyyEYRS3zVmw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
>>>   one can recall the famous Bh. Gita verse 'brahmarpanam brahma havih...'
>>> where the idea 'everything is Brahman' is taught.
>>>
>>> warm regards
>>> subbu
>>>
>>> It also reminds one of the famous third anuvAka of the Rudram:
>> नमः ककुभाय निषङ्गिणे स्तेनानां पतये नमो नमो निषङ्गिण इषुधिमते तस्कराणां
>> पतये नमो नमो वञ्चते परिवञ्चते स्तायूनां पतये नमो नमो निचेरवे
>> परिचरायारण्यानां पतये नमो नमः सृकाविभ्यो जिघासद्भ्यो मुष्णतां पतये नमो
>> नमोऽसिमद्भ्यो नक्तं चरद्भ्यः प्रकृन्तानां पतये नमो नमः
>>
>> Regards,
>> Venkatraghavan
>>
>> >
>>> > No editor has cited the source of the passage, as far as I could
>>> search.
>>> >
>>> > Could anyone help locating the passage?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> > subbu
>>> >
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