[Advaita-l] [advaitin] SSSS on the controversy between mulav7idya and abhavarupa - directly and simply explained as per SSSS

[Bhaskar YR]

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Hare Krishna

Sri SSS’s take on vArtikakAra is very simple and straightforward.  He observes in one of his works : the vArtikakAra has NOT accepted mUlAvidyA as advocated by the vivaraNakAra.  As per vArtika prakriya barring the three aspects of ajnAna for jnAna there is no other obstacle whatsoever.  AjnAna or jnAnAbhAva itself is the essence of the other two variants i.e. misconception and doubt.  So any number of vArtika quotes would simply cannot go against this final stand on avidyA by vArtikakAra.  Sri Vittala shastri talks about these vArtika references and clarifies that these quotes would not help us to prove ‘fourth’ type of avidyA which is conspicuous by its absence in Tai. & bru vArtika and NS.  He further clarified that there is no profound and pronounced differences in vArtika-s when compared to mUla bhAshya. vArtikakAra not only followed mUla bhAshya religiously but also added some yukti-s (logical devices) of bhAshyakAra to further strengthening them.  There are some place there is a talk about upAdAnatva of avidyA etc. but it is not the subject matter of proving avidyA upAdAna kAranatva in that particular context, and here too avidyA is jnAnAbhAva only that leads to adhyAsa.  So, Sri SSS’s followers may please be assured that unlike vyAkhyAna, vArtika followed mUla and elaborated whatever in mUla without introducing some extra alien concepts like bhAvarUpa, jadAtmaka, anirvachaneeya brahmAshrita, sadasatvilakshaNa  mUlAvidyA.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar