[Advaita-l] Gaudapada and Shankara say: the world is imagined by the jiva through avidya

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 6:49 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In the 2nd chapter of the Mandukya karika, in the following verses,
> Gaudapada and Shankara say that the world, both inner and outer, are
> imaginations of the jiva.  Shankara is refuting the objection that it
> amounts to vijnanavada (Buddhism) by giving the reason: in Vedanta the
> imagination is on the adhishthana of the Atman whereas in vijnanavada it is
> not on the basis of the eternal atman.
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> विकरोत्यपरान्भावानन्तश्चित्ते व्यवस्थितान् ।
> नियतांश्च बहिश्चित्त एवं कल्पयते प्रभुः ॥ १३ ॥
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In his translation of this shloka and Bhashya, Sri SSS makes a special
heading:

   *ಒಳಗಿನ ಹೊರಗಿನ ವಸ್ತುಗಳೆರಡೂ ಕಲ್ಪಿತವೇ  *(Both the internal and external
objects are illusory/imagined)

Om Tat Sat


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> सङ्कल्पयन्केन प्रकारेण कल्पयतीत्युच्यते — विकरोति नाना करोति अपरान्
> लौकिकान् भावान् पदार्थाञ्शब्दादीनन्यांश्च अन्तश्चित्ते वासनारूपेण
> व्यवस्थितानव्याकृतान् नियतांश्च पृथिव्यादीननियतांश्च कल्पनाकालान्
> बहिश्चित्तः सन् , तथा अन्तश्चित्तो मनोरथादिलक्षणानित्येवं कल्पयति, *प्रभुः
> ईश्वरः, आत्मेत्यर्थः* ॥
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> Who imagines the world? Shankara answers: It is the Atma. As to how does
> he do this? The answer is: svamaayayaa.
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