[Advaita-l] A question on the reading of a verse of the Bhamati

[V Subrahmanian]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 1:16 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> The question was not clear to me. However I just want to point out that
> all texts of VP that I have come across, namely edited by Swami
> Madhavananda, Prof Suryanarayana Shastri, Sri Anantakrishna Shastri  have
> the same version
>
> <<  विद्याकर्मस्वनुष्ठानतोषितेश्वरचोदितम् ।
> अधिकारं समाप्यैते प्रतिशन्ति परं पदम् ॥  >>.
>

Namaste. Thank you for your response. A friend reported that a Hindi
translation edition of the Vedanta paribhasha has the first half of this
verse as seen in the Bhamati.

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> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 9:55 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Namaste
>>
>> In the Vedanta Paribhasha at the end of the very text, the author cites as
>> the top Shri Vachaspati Mishra (the author of the Bhamati):
>>
>> तदुक्तमाचार्यवाचस्पतिमिश्रैः-
>>
>> "उपसनादिसंसिद्धितोषितेश्वरचोदिताः।
>> अधिकारं समाप्यैते प्रविशन्ति परं पदम् ॥" इति ।
>>
>> However when we check is verse n the under the Brahma Sutra 3.3.32 we find
>> a different reading:
>>
>> विद्याकर्मस्वनुष्ठानतोषितेश्वरचोदितम् ।
>> अधिकारं समाप्यैते प्रतिशन्ति परं पदम् ॥
>>
>> The variation is in the first half of the verse.  Is there any other
>> reading of the Bhamati/Vedanta Paribhasha where the two are identical?
>>
>> The Advaita Sharada is what is relied upon in the above citations. Popular
>> printed editions too have the above varied readings alone. Any inputs
>> welcome.
>>
>> regards
>> subbu
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