[Advaita-l] There is no bondage for the Trimurtis - Padmapurana

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Subbu ji
There was the earlier discussion on the question of whether the trimUrtis
exalted jIvas or direct manifestations of Ishvara with no prior jIva
embodiment.

If I recollect, it was indicated that while the aspects of Shiva and Vishnu
were definitely never connected with any earlier jIva embodiment, the
status of brahmA rather asymmetrically was relegated to that of an exalted
jIva.

 To reconcile with references like the one equating the trimUrtis, it was
mentioned that the word brahmA can be understood in both ways viz., an
eternal aspect of Ishvara the kAraNa brahman who wields  the creative
power, and also in a "lower" different manifestation as a special jIva, at
the beginning of each kalpa, who is also termed brahmA (hiraNyagarbha)
through whom that creative power is finally wielded.

Om
Raghav



On Tue, 17 Oct, 2023, 4:42 pm V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
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> In this chapter Paramashiva says:
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> शिव उवाच-
> लोकानां च हितार्थाय पृथग्भूता युगे युगे।
> सर्वं कुर्मो वयं पुत्र ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः२०।
> *नास्माकं बंधमोक्षौ च नाकार्यं कार्यमेव वा।*
> तथा लोकस्य रक्षार्थं चरामो विधिपूर्वकम्२१।
>
> In every era we the Trimurtis do all the work separately for the welfare of
> the world. There is neither bondage nor liberation for us. And there is no
> enjoined or prohibited karma for us.
> From this statement it is clear that there is no real difference in the
> Trimurtis. And it is also known that none of the three is a jiva.
> Om
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