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

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Subbu ji and Venkat ji

Based on the rudra prashna, I have heard it said that say such references
in mantras , to even venal and violent individuals, fraudsters and conmen,
waylayers, thieves etc in creation as also being that same Brahman - is for
prAyascitta (atonement).

 The idea being that Shiva alone has manifested as all these unsavory
characters in our life/world, to give us the necessary karma phalas.

Accordingly, acknowledgement of the same, without dveSha, chanted along
with mantras like नमः सहमानाय (third anuvAka - I salute the tolerant Lord,
who accommodates the transgressions of devotees who seek forgiveness
भक्तापराधक्षममाणाय etc.)  etc., works towards prAyascittam.

( Of course, in the brahmasutra context,  I understand that the denial of
multiplicity (nAnAtvaM) in brahman is done by asserting that Brahma is
manifest even in the gamblers and lower beings. )

Is vAvana = vA + avana (desire/joy?)


Om
Raghav



On Mon, 11 May, 2020, 11:46 AM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> 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 ;
>
> 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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