[Advaita-l] Help - Vishnu Purana

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:20 AM Aravinda Rao via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaskars,
> The anvaya seems to be like this
> यस्मिन् (परात्मनि) हृदि निवेशिते (सति) - (The Supreme Atman), whom, by
> installing in the heart, (sati saptamI)
> योगी वितताम् अविद्यां मायां तरति - the yogi crosses over the expansive
> avidya and maya
> तस्मै - for him
> अमेयाय - for the immeasurable,
> विद्यात्मने - of the nature of vidya
> नमः - I bow
> "By installing whom - (the paramatman) - in his heart, the yogi crosses
> over the vast avidya and maya, him, the immeasurable and one who is of the
> nature of knowledge, I bow".
> I have not seen the English translation.



Also, it is not clear why both
> words - avidya and maya - are used. Is it that he crosses the avidya (at
> the individual level) and maya (at the Iswara level)?
>

The commentary of Sridhara Swamin (who has commented on the entire
Bhagavatam and the Bhagavadgita) for this verse is:

अविद्याम् = आत्मच्छादिकाम्  तामेव मायाम् = अहंकारममकारमोहकरीम् बुद्ध्यानेन
तरति |

The meaning we get is: avidya is the enveloping power. It envelops the
Atman. Maya is that Avidya alone, in its vikshepa shakti, which deludes one
through creating the ahankara, mamakara.  One overcomes/transcends this
Avidya-synonymous-with-Maya through his intellect (akhandakara vritti).

warm regards
subbu



> Aravinda Rao
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 9:23 PM H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste.
> >
> > Slight change. Correct rendering is as follows.
> >
> > << तरत्यविद्यां विततां हृदि यस्मिन्निवेशिते । योगी मायाममेयाय तस्मै
> > विद्यात्मने नमः ॥ >>
> >
> > From Vishnu Purana,  V . xvii. 15  (As stated by Swami Madhavananda)
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 8:54 PM Kuntimaddi Sadananda via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > PraNAms
> > > Found this sloka in Vedanta Paribhasha.
> > > Supposed to be from Vishnupurana.
> > > Need to know if the sloka is correctly quoted. Any help?
> > > ‘तरति अविद्याम् वितिताम् हृदि यस्मिन् निवेशिते| योगीमायाममेयाम तस्मै
> > > विद्यात्मने नमः
> > >
> > > Hari Om!Sadananda
> > >
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