[Advaita-l] Fwd: Question on shloka 5.20 of Shankara-bhashya on Gita.

[Krishna Kashyap]

Namaste everyone,

A specific statement here in Shankara Bhashya has some severe implications.

see the whole shloka bhashya given at the end of this email: However,
please focus on this sentence:

देहमात्रात्मदर्शिनां हि प्रियाप्रियप्राप्ती हर्षविषादौ कुर्वाते, न केवला
त्मदर्शिनः, तस्य प्रियाप्रियप्राप्त्यसम्भवात्

Does this really mean one who does not have the dehatma-bhrama, will not
experience any pain at all? Suppose he falls down while walking somewhere,
does it not hurt him at all?  see the stern statement priya-Apriya prapti
asambhavAt!.

I heard that Ramana Maharshi expressed his experience regarding the
operation done on him, that he was just a witness and BMI complex was just
an object. Hence the mind may have experienced pain, but he was just a
witness.

I did not get to meet such great people like Ramana Maharshi. Has anyone
met such people now? If anyone here already is in this state, how easily is
this state achievable? the simpler and easier method is: "find out who you
are by vichara or analysis", suggested by Ramana Maharshi or Nisarga datta
Maharaj.

How many people have achieved this state already? I like to achieve this
state since my arthritis pain is unbearable some days.
Or,
am I misunderstanding this shloka bhashya completely? Someone asked this
question in my class and I have to answer this in 3 days. Any help is
deeply appreciated. Thanks.
 देहमात्रात्मदर्शिनां हि प्रियाप्रियप्राप्ती हर्षविषादौ कुर्वाते, न केवला
त्मदर्शिनः, तस्य प्रियाप्रियप्राप्त्यसम्भवात्

यस्मात् निर्दोषं समं ब्रह्म आत्मा, तस्मात् —

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।
स्थिरबुद्धिरसंमूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥ २० ॥
न प्रहृष्येत् प्रहर्षं न कुर्यात् प्रियम् इष्टं प्राप्य लब्ध्वा । न
उद्विजेत् प्राप्य च अप्रियम् अनिष्टं लब्ध्वा । देहमात्रात्मदर्शिनां हि
प्रियाप्रियप्राप्ती हर्षविषादौ कुर्वाते, न केवलात्मदर्शिनः, तस्य
प्रियाप्रियप्राप्त्यसम्भवात् । किञ्च — ‘सर्वभूतेषु एकः समः निर्दोषः आत्मा’
इति स्थिरा निर्विचिकित्सा बुद्धिः यस्य सः स्थिरबुद्धिः असंमूढः
संमोहवर्जितश्च स्यात् यथोक्तब्रह्मवित् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः, अकर्मकृत्
सर्वकर्मसंन्यासी इत्यर्थः ॥ २० ॥
*Best Regards,*

*Krishna Kashyap*