[Advaita-l] Brahman is the Upadana kaarana, material cause, for the world - Srimad Bhagavatam

[V Subrahmanian]

Thanks Sudhanshu ji,

Is there a searchable document for the Brihadaranyaka Bhashya Vartika?

regards
subbu

On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 10:09 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste V Subramanian ji,
>
> SureshwarachArya beautifully puts it in BBV 1.4.371 which is quoted by
> NeelakanTha:
>
> अस्य द्वैतेन्द्रजालस्य यदुपादानकारणम्। अज्ञानं तदुपाश्रित्य
> ब्रह्मकारणमुच्यते इति वार्तिकोक्तेरज्ञानमेव जगत्कारणं तच्च तुच्छम्।
>
> So beautifully it has been explained that it is the pariNAmI ajnAna which
> is the material cause of world.
>
> And only by superimposing ajnAna in Brahman, Shruti states the causality of
> Brahman.
>
> NeelakanTha further says that ajnAna is tuchchha.
>
> The mithyAtva of ajnAna is acceptable by logic. However, as per Shruti, it
> needs to be accepted as tuchchha only. As VidyAraNya SwAmI puts it:
>
> तुच्छानिर्वचनीया च वास्तवी चेत्यसौ त्रिधा।
> ज्ञेया माया त्रिभिर्बोधैः श्रौतयौक्तिकलौकिकैः॥
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 3 Sep, 2023, 10:48 pm V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > There is a praise of Bhagavan in this chapter. Here, an illustration is
> > also given saying that Bhagavan is the material cause for the world:
> > Brahman is the material cause for the world just as clay is the material
> > cause for the pot, i.e. the origin, sustenance and dissolution:
> > श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ८/अध्यायः ६
> > https://sa.wikisource.org/s/zh5
> > <
> >
> https://sa.wikisource.org/s/zh5?fbclid=IwAR1LPo3BTH9pjVXu6tdm-blfHIPZp5HxoJZpf3h8G_pyeITufOFSahKQbf4
> > >
> > त्वय्यग्र आसीत् त्वयि मध्य आसीत्
> > त्वय्यन्त आसीत् इदमात्मतंत्रे ।
> > त्वं आदिरन्तो जगतोऽस्य मध्यं
> > घटस्य मृत्स्नेव परः परस्मात् ॥ १० ॥
> > This illustration is given in the sixth chapter of Chandogya Upanishad:
> > यथा सोम्यैकेन मृत्पिण्डेन सर्वं मृन्मयं विज्ञातꣳ स्याद्वाचारम्भणं विकारो
> > नामधेयं मृत्तिकेत्येव सत्यम् ॥ ४ ॥ 6.1.4
> > Clay products such as pottery are not real. What is real therein is the
> > clay, the material with which they are made.
> > Thus the Bhagavatam points out the illusory nature of the world, the
> > effect, of Brahman the material cause, by giving this Vedic illustration.
> > To make it clear that Brahman does not undergo a transformation, vikaara,
> > like clay, the Bhagavatam goes on to say:
> > त्वं माययात्माश्रयया स्वयेदं
> > निर्माय विश्वं तदनुप्रविष्टः ।
> > पश्यन्ति युक्ता मनसा मनीषिणो
> > गुणव्यवायेऽप्यगुणं विपश्चितः ॥ ११ ॥
> > Brahman created the world and entered into it through its subservient
> > Maayaa power. Although this world is created by the three qualities of
> > Maya, the sages put them aside and realize Brahman, the Nirguna itself.
> > Thus the main tenets of Advaita are clearly stated in these Bhagavatam
> > verses.
> > Om
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