[Advaita-l] SatChitPriyam

[Anand N]

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On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 at 15:13, smallpress <smallpress at ymail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for this link.
> Can you please say how you searched the archive to get there? I used to
> know but seem to have forgotten. What do you put in the search box? Thanks
>
> On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 04:09:40 AM EDT, Anand N via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> Namaste,
>
> in the archives of this group, this has been discussed and the respected
> Anand Hudli has stated that
> this occurs in the Saraswati Rahasya Upanishad in Krishna Yajur Veda. He
> also goes on to explain this in the
> post:
> https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/1998-April/008543.html
>
> I am posting the relevant part here:
>
> Since we are within the context of ShAkta upaniShads, let me make use
> of the same. In the SarasvatI-rahasya-upaniShad, it is stated that
> five factors are observed here in the illusory world. These are
> 1) asti, interpreted by UpaniShad Brahma Yogin as Existence, Sat,
> 2) bhAti, interpreted as Consciousness, Chit,
> 3) priyaM, interpreted as Bliss, Ananda,
> 4) nAma, name, and
> 5) rUpa, form
>
> Of these five factors, the upaniShad states, the first three, ie.
> Sat-Chit-Ananda pertain to Brahman. The last two, nAma-rUpa, pertain
> to the world.
>
>
> Om Namo Narayanaya,
>
> Anand
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 at 08:25, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 11:20 PM smallpress via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear fellow Advaitins,
> > > I would appreciate your collective thoughts on how to interpret
> > > SatChitPriyam in the DrikDrishyaViveka in reference to Brhmarupam.
> > > asti bhāti priyam rūpam nāma chetyamśapañchakam
> > > ādyatrayam brahmarūpam jagadrūpam tato dvayam
> > > I have never seen this form in describing Brhman.
> > > What does this priyam refer to? Is it from the standpoint of Jiva?
> > >
> >
> > Yes.  Every object is dear to one person/being or the other at least at
> one
> > time or the other.  What is not dear to one could be dear to another. For
> > example a man throws out a dead rat from his house. Quickly a crow lands
> on
> > it happy to have got a meal.  While I normally spit out the phlegm, this
> > time I safely collect it in a container to be handed to a lab for a test.
> > This priyam aspect corresponds to the Ananda of Brahman; the other two
> > being asti = sat and bhaati = chit.
> >
> > While the name and form in every object are maya and unreal, bereft of
> > these, the object is simple no-object; it is purely Brahman. The BG
> Bhashya
> > 2.16 is a fine read on this.
> >
> > regards
> > subbu
> >
> >
> >
> > > Thank you much.
> > > Soma
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