[Advaita-l] Pratyavaha

[Aravinda Rao]

Namaste,
The word is pratyavaaya, with the prefixes prati-ava and the root aya (अय
गतौ), literally means, going down, or downfall.
Aravinda Rao

On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 8:30 PM Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> Failure to do Nitya Karma will lead to Pratyavaya Dosha for all excluding
> Sanyasis. Dvijas have to do Nitya Karma compulsorily. It is not optional.
>
> Adi Sankara’s argument is for Sanyasis renouncing all Karma. Not for
> Brahmacharis and Grihasthas.
>
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 at 7:32 PM Anand N via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste,
> >
> > Failure to do the nitya karma is said to lead to Pratyavaha Dosha.
> > I have understood this to be from the purva mimamsa and is also accepted
> by
> > Advaitins.
> > I also hear, for e.g. that the current state of the environment is
> because
> > humans became greedy
> > and do not follow any of the samanya dharma, which has led to Pratyavaha.
> >
> > But I have also heard that Sankara rejects this in the final analysis.
> > Now I want to understand the context in which it is being rejected.
> > Is it because, from no action being done, there cannot be a negative
> effect
> > of Pratyavaha?
> > Is it like saying, I did not do anything either right or wrong, hence
> there
> > can be no effect of
> > dosha being born out of it?
> >
> > Is there a clear standpoint as to if it is accepted or rejected by
> > Advaitins?
> >
> > Om Namo Narayanaya,
> > Anand
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>
> -Venkatesh
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