[Advaita-l] Sedation and counter sedation - A modern day example for Adhyaropa and apavada

[V Subrahmanian]

In Adhyaropa - Apavada, there is a deliberate action to facilitate
accomplishing a task and a subsequent 'cancellation' of the earlier action
to complete the intended task. The classic example is the Bhagavadgita
13.13 where the Vedantic Brahman is first portrayed as endowed with the
body-mind-organs of all the beings in the cosmos: Adhyāropa.  With this,
the 'existence' of that inscrutable Brahman is established. Now, with a
view to remove the misconception that Brahman is in fact endowed with the
body-mind-organs complexes, the next verse 13.14 shows Brahman as devoid of
all that was superimposed on it earlier: Apavāda. Shankara cites the nyāya:
'adhyāropa apavādābhyām nishprapancham prapanchyate'  as enunciated by the
traditional masters of Vedanta. We have many examples for this in daily
life like the shākhā chandra nyaya, the sthula arundhati nyaya, etc.

Here is one where in a rescue operation the elephants are sedated to enable
their retrieval from where they are trapped. Once they are out of danger
they are counter-sedated to enable them to walk free. Please see the short
video in this link: https://jmp.sh/GNGG1Drz
This happens sometimes in human medical treatments.

regards
subbu