[Advaita-l] The fate of mind after realization

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms
Hare Krishna

We all agree we need the instrument (karaNa) to know / realize Atman.  bhagavatpAda too acknowledges it by saying for the Atma darshana karaNa is susamskruta mana.  Shruti also says Upanishad parama siddhAnta that there is no duality whatsoever to be realized through mana!!  So, I think there is no second opinion on this when it comes to prior requirement of suitable karaNa (instrument) to know the what is unknown.  Now the question is what happens to this karaNa in general and mind in particular in the jnAni after realizing that he is ekamevAdviteeyaM ??  is it going to vanish in thin air like snake vanishes in thin air after realizing the true svarUpa of rope??  Is the jnAni would suddenly become a brain-dead person after realizing he is brahman??  I don't think so.  I don't think it is appropriate to give the example of snake-rope or nacre-silver to decide the fate of mind. Shankara somewhere explains even after samyak jnana the regular activity of the speech, mana and body would continue as it is.  So, like snake, silver these karaNa-s would not vanish, like barren woman's son it is nor atyanta abhAva OTOH like foam, bubble, waves it would continue to appear even after realizing that it is water only and nothing but water. So, mrutpinda, survaNAbharaNa etc. would be more appropriate here.  In kArika or somewhere else I have read karaNa would be realized as  Atman only like realizing ornaments are nothing but gold.  An iron ball in fire looks like fire is the example given here.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar