[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Gaudapada and Shankara hold the waking objects to be mithya

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

The word   तुच्छ (tuchCha)  in DashashlOki  verse 9 is used in the sense
of  ‘ unreal ’.

Commentary by Sri Madhusudhana Saraswati  on verse 9 explains as follows.

// *अथ यदल्पम् तन्मर्त्यम्*  ( Ch Up 7-24-1)  इति  शृतेः
परिच्छिन्नत्वतुच्छत्वयोः समव्याप्तत्वात्परिच्छिन्नत्वनिवृत्या
तुच्छनिवृत्तिरित्याह – व्यापकत्वादिति  । //

//  *atha yadalpam tanmartyam*  ( Ch Up 7-24-1)  iti  shRRiteH
parichChinnatvatuchChatvayoH samavyAptatvAtparichChinnatvanivRRityA
tuchChanivRRittirityAha  -- vyApakatvAditi | //

Notes by  P.C.Divanji  observes as follows

//  परिच्छिन्नत्वतुच्छत्वयोः समव्याप्तत्वात् – परिच्छिन्नत्वम्  means  **
the quality of being  circumscribed or limited **  and  तुच्छत्वम्  ‘the
quality of being unreal’. These terms are coextensive because of the text
**अथ यदल्पम् तन्मर्त्यम्** //.

Regards

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 2:46 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouli ji.
>
> I understand what you said. But there is a difference between horns of
> hare and illusory snake. The former does not appear while the latter
> appears. The former is tuchcha while the latter is mithtA.
>
> PanchadashI says that it is only through yukti that avidyA/MAyA is
> anirvachanIyA. As per Shruti, it is tuchchA.
>
> Now, to understand mithyAtva/anirvachanIyatva of MAyA is simple. Advaita
> Siddhi deals with that in detail.
>
> But the point is -- MAyA is tuchchhA. How to understand that!! Shankara
> says in DashashlokI - jagat tuchchham. How to understand that!!
>
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