[Advaita-l] Fwd: 'The world is mithya' - Skanda purana

[SIVAKUMAR R]

An attempt like this is highly encouraging and refreshing.
Sadara SAshtAnga praNAm.
*Prof. Sivakumar *


On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 4:16 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Posting again an old post for the benefit of newcomers:
>
> In this chapter of the Skanda Purana we get to see several Advaitic ideas
> explicitly stated:
>
> स्कन्दपुराणम्/खण्डः १ (माहेश्वरखण्डः)/केदारखण्डः/अध्यायः ३१
>
> https://sa.wikisource.org/s/gz2
>
> निरंतरं निर्गुणं ज्ञप्तिमात्रं निरंजनं निर्विकारं निरीहम्॥
> सत्तामात्रं ज्ञानगम्यं स्वसिद्धं स्वयंप्रभं सुप्रभं बोधगम्यम्॥ ३१.५३ ॥
>
> These terms like 'nirantaram, nirgunam, japtimaatram...etc. that mean
> 'impartite, attributeless, pure consciousness..etc. are those used in
> Advaita to denote Brahman.
>
> एतज्ज्ञानं ज्ञानविदो वदंति सर्वात्मभावेन निरीक्षयंति॥
> सर्वातीतं ज्ञानगम्यं विदित्वा येन स्वस्थाः समबुद्ध्या चरंति॥ ३१.५४ ॥
>
> अतीत्य संसारमनादिमूलं मायामयं मायया दुर्विचार्यम्॥
> मायां त्यक्त्वा निर्ममा वीतरागा गच्छंति ते प्रेतराणिनर्विकल्पम्॥ ३१.५५ ॥
>
> Bondage is maya, unreal.
>
> संसृतिः कल्पनामूलं कल्पना ह्यमृतोपमा॥
> यैः कल्पना परित्यक्ता ते यांति परमां गतिम्॥ ३१.५६ ॥
>
> Bondage is born of imagination. Those who give up this imagination attain
> the Supreme.
>
> शुक्त्यां रजतबुद्धिश्च रज्जुबुद्धिर्यथोरगे॥
> मरीचौ जलबुद्धिश्च मिथ्या मिथ्यैव नान्यथा॥ ३१.५७ ॥
>
> Like the shell-silver, rope-snake, mirage-water, bondage is unreal.
>
>
> सिद्धिः स्वच्छंदवर्त्तित्वं पारतंत्र्यं हि वै मृषा॥
> बद्धो हि परतंत्राख्यो मुक्तः स्वातंत्र्यभावनः॥ ३१.५८ ॥
>
> He who thinks he is dependent is bound. One who realizes he is independent,
> gets released.
>
>
> एको ह्यात्मा विदित्वाथ निर्ममो निरवग्रहः॥
> कुतस्तेषां बंधनं च यथाखे पुष्पमेव च॥ ३१.५९ ॥
>
> Bondage is akin to sky-flower.
>
> शशविषाणमेवैतज्ज्ञानं संसार एव च॥
> किं कार्यं बहुनोक्तेन वचसा निष्फलेन हि॥ ३१.६० ॥
>
> The idea that bondage is  real is like a hare's horn.
> .
> एतत्सर्वं समासेन कथयामि निबोध मे॥
> एको ह्यनेकधा चैव दृश्यते भेदभावनः॥ ३१.७० ॥
>
> One Truth alone appears as many.
>
> यथा भ्रमरिकादृष्टा भ्रम्यते च मही यम॥
> तथात्मा भेदबुद्ध्या च प्रतिभाति ह्यनेकधा॥ ३१.७१ ॥
>
> Just a person in a merry-go-round experiences the illusion of all things
> around him revolving, so too one endowed with the vision of difference,
> bheda, perceives it (difference) in the society.
>
> तस्माद्विमृश्य तेनैव ज्ञातव्यः श्रवणेन च॥
> मंतव्यः सुप्रयोगेण मननेन विशेषतः॥ ३१.७२ ॥
>
> Hence one has to realize the Truth through shravana, etc. of the
> Upanishads.
>
> निर्द्धार्य चात्मनात्मानं सुखं बंधात्प्रमुच्यते॥
> मायाजालमिदं सर्वं जगदेतच्चाराचरम्॥ ३१.७३ ॥
>
> This world of the moving and the static is maya alone.
>
> मायामयोऽयं संसारो ममतालक्षणो महान्॥
> ममतां च बहिः कृत्वा सुखं बंधात्प्रमुच्यते॥ ३१.७४ ॥
>
> Bondage is maya.
>
> Om Tat Sat
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