[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: A comparative analysis of drishTi-srishTi-vAda and srishTi-drishTi-vAda

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Raghav ji,

//You mean only bAdha samAnAdhikaraNyam is employed in arriving at jnAnam
through mahAvAkya?//

MadhusUdan SaraswatI says in advaita-siddhi (drishTi-srishTi-vichArah):
 न च-सोऽयं देवदत्त' इति दृष्टान्तेन तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्ये
जहदजहल्लक्षणयैक्यपरत्वोक्त्ययोग इति वाच्यम् , *यद्यपि धर्मवद्धर्म्यभेदोऽपि
बाधित एवेति जहदजहल्लक्षणापि न युज्यते*; तथापि यदा धर्माभेदो बाधान्न गृहीतः,
किंतु धर्म्यभेद एव, तदा ‘सोऽयमि'त्यादौ जहदजहल्लक्षणासंभवेन
दृष्टान्तत्वोपपत्तिः ।

Usage of "sah ayam devadatta" in explaining bhAga-tyAga-lakshaNA presumes
identity of Devadatta, seen now and seen some time back. This pratyabhijnA
is inadmissible in DSV as the Devadatta seen now is my imagination which is
different from the imagined Devadatta seen sometime back (like the two
Devadatta seen in dream). Thus, bhAga-tyAga cannot be taught in case of tat
tvam asi *using this example*. That much is the point.

BhAga-tyAga-lakshaNA can still be taught through "sah ayam Devadatta" *if
the abheda of dharmI is being perceived*.

Mukhya vs bAdha can be determined as to how we define jIva. If jIva is
pratibimba, then as per VivaraNa, bhAga-tyAga-lakshaNA can be employed
(though not by using sah ayam Devadatta) as the vivakshA is of KUTastha. If
jIva is defined as AbhAsa, then as per Sureshvara,
bAdhAyAm-sAmAnAdhikaraNya can be utilized. Basically, pratibimba vs. AbhAsa
determines mukhya vs. bAdha respectively.

There is no abheda of dharmI in all the examples cited for
bhAga-tyAga-lakshaNA as per DSV. However, in case of pratibimba definition
of jIva,* there is abheda of dharmI*. Hence, bhAga-tyAga can still be
utilized though not through the example sah ayam Devadatta.

Regards.





On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 2:26 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Sudhanshu Ji
>
> "BhAga-tyAga-lakshaNA is not appropriate as
> the dharmI are not identical."
>
> You mean only bAdha samAnAdhikaraNyam is employed in arriving at jnAnam
> through mahAvAkya?
>
> Om
> Raghav
>
>
>
> On Wed, 30 Aug, 2023, 1:49 pm Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Hari Om,
> >
> > I had done a comparative analysis of DSV and SDV and prepared a tabular
> > presentation of key features of both models.
> >
> > All references for the points are given in the table.
> >
> > I request the learned members to kindly go through the table and
> highlight
> > errors, if any.
> >
> > The file can be downloaded from the link below
> >
> >
> >
> https://sudhanshushekhar.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/a-comparative-analysis-of-dsv-and-sdv.pdf
> >
> > Regards.
> > Sudhanshu Shekhar.
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