[Advaita-l] Binary nature of Jnana

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Bhaskar ji,

Such AdhikArika jIva-s have complete tattvajnAna. As the bhAShyakAra
categorically states in the yAvadadhikAra adhikaraNam -

एवम् अपान्तरतमःप्रभृतयोऽपीश्वराः परमेश्वरेण तेषु तेष्वधिकारेषु नियुक्ताः
सन्तः सत्यपि सम्यग्दर्शने कैवल्यहेतौ अक्षीणकर्माणो यावदधिकारमवतिष्ठन्ते,
तदवसाने च अपवृज्यन्त इत्यविरुद्धम् ।

As he says, सत्यपि सम्यग्दर्शने कैवल्यहेतौ - despite possessing the
tattvajnAna which is the cause of kaivalya moksha, they continue to engage
in vyavahAra for lokakshema until their prArabdha lasts and once that
prArabdha ends they get videhamukti (यावदधिकारमवतिष्ठन्ते, तदवसाने च
अपवृज्यन्ते).

To illustrate this, Shankaracharya gives two examples - the savitA devatA
and the jIvanmukta.

1) यथासौ भगवान्सविता सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तं जगतोऽधिकारं चरित्वा तदवसाने
उदयास्तमयवर्जितं कैवल्यमनुभवति

2) यथा च वर्तमाना ब्रह्मविदः आरब्धभोगक्षये कैवल्यमनुभवन्ति

He says - just like bhagavAn savitA presides over the earth for a 1,000
yugas and at the end of which, he gives up his body (which rises and sets)
and has videhamukti ; and like the brahmavit-s of our time attain
videhamukti at the end of prArabdha  - the AdhikArika jIva-s like
apAntaratama etc attain videhamukti at the end of their prArabdha.

The jIvamukta continues to engage in vyavahAra for lokakshema until his
prArabdha lasts. The difference between him and the AdhikArika jIva is
that, for the former, his prArabdha lasts until the fall of one body. For
the AdhikArika jIva-s, their prArabdha lasts for a few births.

Now, we don't admit that there is any bheda between and within
jIva-jagat-Ishvara for the jIvanmukta, so why should there be such bheda
for the AdhikArika jIva?

vyavahAra and paramArtha are not avasthA-s, states. paramArtha is right
here, right now present - in the middle of all the vyavahAra. The
jIvanmukta despite being the paramArtha, seemingly engages in vyavahAra. So
does the AdhikArika jIva.

Kind regards,
Venkatraghavan



On Wed, 6 Jul 2022, 08:38 Bhaskar YR, <bhaskar.yr at hitachienergy.com> wrote:

> praNAms Sri Venkatraghavan prabhuji
> Hare Krishna
>
> No. Once jnAna arises, there is no rebirth after the end of prArabdha
> karma. For most, that prArabdha karma ends with the death of the body in
> which jnAna arises. However, in certain rare cases (e.g. sage apAntaratama
> taking another body as vedavyAsa, sanatkumAra being reborn to Parameshvara
> and Amba Parvati as skanda, etc) under the instructions of Ishvara, some
> jIva-s take multiple births for the benefit of the world, and in doing so,
> exhaust their prArabdha. Their puNya is so great, that one body is
> insufficient to exhaust their prArabdha.
>
> >  whenever I read the passages like this I get the doubts like : (a)
> whether these jeeva-s apAntaratama-s, sanatkumAra etc. attained paramArtha
> svarUpa jnana which helps them to realize that there is no srushti, sthiti,
> laya no mumukshu, nor moksha type of paramArtha jnana OR just krama mukti
> type of jnana like saarUpya, sAlOkya, saayujya, laya with Ishwara tattva
> type of dvaita mukti??  If we see the scenario i.e. these jnAni-s ( a
> separate and specially ranked group of jeeva-s or utkrushta jeeva-s) will
> be there with complete set of their respective individuality somewhere and
> they will wait for Ishwara's instructions to take re-birth to uplift other
> downtrodden  jeeva-s.  (b) OR if it is paramArtha jnAna (ultimate jnana)
> then there wont be IshwarAstitva ( as the concept of Ishwaraastitva, his
> omnipotence, omniscience etc. defensible only in advidyA vyavahAra ) and
> paramArth state is ekaM evaM adviteeyaM state there wont be an iota of
> duality (neha nAnAsti kiMchana) so, in that state there are no transactions
> like some jeeva-s aspiring mOksha waiting for some other already elevated
> jeeva-s like apAntaratama-s etc., some jeeva-s already attained
> punarAvrutti rahita mOksha, some jeeva-s even though attaining mOksha but
> with their  individuality intact and act according to Ishwara's
> instructions.  ( a glaring evidence of gradations in different jeeva-s)
>
>  And  some jeeva-s getting jnana permanently through that getting rid of
> cycle of birth and death, some specially labelled jeeva-s taking re-birth
> using their remnants of prArabdha after getting the instruction from
> Almighty Ishwara,  would mean that there is srushti, there is karma, there
> is jeeva-jeeva bheda, there is jeeva-Ishwara bheda etc. even in samyak or
> paramArtha jnAna!!??  Some big waves maintaining their individuality in the
> water guiding other small waves to realize that they too water!!??  Is this
> what conveyed here by differentiating jeeva-s and Ishwara??  Not sure
> though!!!
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>