[Advaita-l] Fwd: Regarding the verses 'Maayaavadam asat shaastram...'

[V Subrahmanian]

Pl. read the full post here:
https://groups.google.com/g/advaitin/c/oksKnLD1Rio

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From: V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 1:04 PM
Subject: Fwd: Regarding the verses 'Maayaavadam asat shaastram...'
To: Advaitin <advaitin at googlegroups.com>


Here is a post that I made in another group, but relevant here in the
context of the topic // Is the prediction of Shankaracarya in Padma Purana
authentic? ‘Mayavadam Asat Shastram’ – Jaya Nitai Gauranga//

Please read the complete post along with the links given.  Almost all
points covered in the Gaudiya's article are covered.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 8:10 PM Damodara Dasa <damodara.bvks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> || Hare Krishna ||
>
> You may consider these slokas from Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda.
> They show a very specific purpose of Lord Shiva and explains or
> harmonizes opposing stances of vaisnavas and advaitins as well as
> others; and that too without diminishing but rather glorifying the
> position of Lord Shiva.
>
> ==================================
>
> Padma Purana, Uttara, 236 (Lord Shiva Speaks to Mata Paravati)
> -----------------------------------------
> māyāvādamasacchāstraṁ pracchannaṁ baddha ucyate
> mayaiva kathitaṁ devi kalau brāhmaṇarūpiṇā 7
>
> apārthaṁ śrutivākyānāṁ darśayanlokagarhitam
> svakarmmarūpaṁ tyājyatvamatraiva pratipādyate 8
>
> sarvakarmmaparibhraṣṭairvaidharmmatvaṁ taducyate
> pareśajīvapāraikyaṁ mayā tu pratipādyate 9
>
> brahmaṇosya svayaṁ rūpaṁ nirguṇaṁ vakṣyate mayā
> sarvasya jagato ‘pyatra mohanārthaṁ kalau yuge 10
>
> vedārthavanmahāśāstraṁ māyayā yadavaidikam
> mayaiva kalpitaṁ devi jagatāṁ nāśakāraṇāt 11
> --------------------------------------
>

Actually the above verses are a denigration of Veda Vyasa himself.

The reason for their not being authentic is explained with reasoning in the
URL given below:

>
>
> दैत्यानां नाशनार्थाय विष्णुना बुद्धरूपिणा।
>
> बौद्धशास्त्रमसत्प्रोक्तं नग्ननीलपटादिकम्॥ ६-२३६-६ ॥
>
> मायावादमसच्छास्त्रं प्रच्छन्नं बौद्धमुच्यते।
>
> मयैव कथितं देवि कलौ ब्राह्मणरूपिणा॥ ६-२३६-७ ॥
>
> अपार्थं श्रुतिवाक्यानां दर्शयल्लोँकगर्हितम्।
>
> कर्मस्वरूपत्याज्यत्वमत्रैव प्रतिपाद्यते॥ ६-२३६-८ ॥
>
> सर्वकर्मपरिभ्रष्टैर्वैधर्मत्वं तदुच्यते।
>

Regarding the incompatibility of these two lines with not only Advaita as
taught by Shankaracharya but the Vedanta shastra taught by Veda Vyasa too,
here is an old post in this forum:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/bvparishat/sDJvRaqyoys/wbtzziMBGIAJ

The first highlighted line has a slightly different reading as seen in many
transliterations:

svakarmarUpam tyAjyatvam atraiva.....

In the Bhagavad GItA (admitted by all as a work of Veda Vyasa) we have
verses like:

na karamaNAmanArambhAt naiShkarmyam purusho'shnute (BG 3.4)

and 'naiShkarmyasiddhim paramAm sannyAsenAdhigacChati (BG.18.49)

And the Vedic utterances like 'na karmaNA na prajayA dhanena, tyAgenaike
amRtatvamAnashuH''  (kaivalyopanishat and mahAnArAyaNopanishat) ,
'nAstyakRtaH kRtena'(munDaka up.)

None can succeed in mapping these two lines with Advaita and Vedanta in
general.

Read full post here:  https://groups.google.com/g/advaitin/c/oksKnLD1Rio