[Advaita-l] 'Prana' as Brahman

[Kaushik Chevendra]

In the upanishad 1.4 itself acharya says-

*"being Hiranyagarbha* born at the beginning of this *Kalpa* and being the
lord of all created beings and things immoveable and moveable, revolved in
his mind the knowledge acquired in the previous birth, the drift of which
is revealed by the *srutis.* Having thus brooded over the knowledge,
imparted by the *srutis* produced a pair, a couple—necessary for
creation,—the moon, *i.e.,* food and *prana"*

*Here brahma and prana are differentiated again. Prana being created by
hiranyagarbha.*

On Sun, 19 Feb, 2023, 1:47 pm V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 12:43 PM Kaushik Chevendra <
> chevendrakaushik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Namaste sir
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>>> Shankara calls this Prana 'prathamaja' an epithet for Brahmaa.  At the
>>> end of that section Shankara says: इत्येवं सर्वात्मतया वागादिभिः
>>> प्राणैः स्तुत्या गमितमहिमा प्राणः प्रजापतिरेवेत्यवधृतम् ॥   In the stuti it
>>> has been emphatically established that Prana is indeed Prajapati.  It is
>>> this Prana that was stated to pervade everything in the creation.
>>>
>>
>> Prana is not only called prajapati but also rudra, sun etc. Why the
>> special emphasis on only "prathamaja". Here prana is taken be the Atman
>> hence it's brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, sun etc.
>>
>
> Shankara calls Prana prathamaja and says 'since he is the first-born,
> there is no one to give him samskaras.' Hence the mantra says 'vraatya' =
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> 1.
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> A
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> Brāhman,
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> or
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> man
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> of
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> the
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> three
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> first
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> classes,
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> in
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> whose
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> youth
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> the
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> customary
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> observances
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> have
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> been
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> omitted,
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> and
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> who
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> has
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> not
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> received
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> his
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> investiture
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> with
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> the
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> sacred
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> thread. This word has a negative sense. Here it is used not to denigrate
> Prana but as a stuti. But the first-born epithet is there for Prana =
> prathamaja.
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>
> regards
>
> subbu
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>
>>
>> There is no contradiction or problem here.
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>>>
>>> regards
>>> subbu
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>>>> Namo narayana
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