[Advaita-l] The Three states/types of Reality (sattaa-traividhyam) - Taittiriya Shankara Bhashya

[V Subrahmanian]

I this  Karika bhashya Shankaracharya says  Among many truths this  truth
is the highest:

न कश्चिज्जायते जीवः सम्भवोऽस्य न विद्यते ।
एतत्तदुत्तमं सत्यं यत्र किञ्चिन्न जायते ॥ ४८ ॥

सर्वोऽप्ययं मनोनिग्रहादिः मृल्लोहादिवत्सृष्टिरुपासना च उक्ता
परमार्थस्वरूपप्रतिपत्त्युपायत्वेन, न परमार्थसत्येति । परमार्थसत्यं तु न
कश्चिज्जायते जीवः कर्ता भोक्ता च नोत्पद्यते केनचिदपि प्रकारेण । अतः
स्वभावतः अजस्य अस्य एकस्यात्मनः सम्भवः कारणं न विद्यते नास्ति । यस्मान्न
विद्यतेऽस्य कारणम् , तस्मान्न कश्चिज्जायते जीव इत्येतत् ।
*पूर्वेषूपायत्वेनोक्तानां
सत्यानाम् एतत् उत्तमं सत्यं यस्मिन्सत्यस्वरूपे ब्रह्मणि अणुमात्रमपि
किञ्चिन्न जायते इति ॥*
The many truths are: the various means the Upanishad teaches like creation,
the various Upasanas, the world, Karma, Karma Yoga etc. These are not the
ultimate truth, but truth in that level, context: vyavaharika satyam.  The
highest truth, however, is Brahman.
Shankaracharya admits of ontological truths. Shankara has stated elsewhere
(adhyasa bhashya) that all that is taught as means to attain the knowledge
of Brahman is in the realm of Avidya and therefore this avidya itself is
'satya', i.e. vyavaharika satya. Relative to this satya, Brahman is the
Paramarthika satya. Gaudapada himself calls Brahman the Highest Truth.
Hence Shankara's commentary thus stated.

regards
subbu


On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 6:01 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This post has the Bhashya, Sureshwarachar's Taittiriya Bh.Vartika,
> Vanamala and Sayana Bhashya:
>
> https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/paramarthika-vyavaharika-satyam/
>
> In the Bhashya, Shankara specifies three types of 'reality' based on the
> Taittiriya mantra: सत्यं च अनृतं च सत्यमभवत् .
>
> warm regards
> subbu
>