[Advaita-l] [advaitin] The Veda itself says the Veda is not absolutely real

[Vikram Jagannathan]

Namaskaram Hari ji,

OMkaram is a sound symbol representing the Truth, just as the symbol “pi” represents the irrational series 3.1412... The entity represented by OMkaram is absolutely real, whereas as a representation or a pointer, the akshara “OMkaram” is “not absolutely real”. It is only as real as the world.

prostrations,
Vikram


> On Dec 2, 2025, at 7:59 AM, Hari R via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Is OMkaaram real or "not absolutely real"?
> 
> Regards
> Hari
> 
>> On Tue, 2 Dec, 2025, 5:55 pm Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l, <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> 
>> नमस्ते Subbu ji,
>> 
>> Very well analysed.
>> 
>> Special attention may be given to a definitive statement by BhAshyakAra -
>> ‘यत्र त्वस्य सर्वमात्मैवाभूत्तत्केन कं पश्येत्’ (बृ. उ. २ । ४ । १४)
>> इत्यादिना हि *प्रबोधे प्रत्यक्षाद्यभावं दर्शयति* ।
>> 
>> What it says is essentially this -- in prabOdha, there is no pratyaksha etc
>> (anumAna etc).
>> 
>> PrabOdha here is indeed being as Self, being the substratum. We all very
>> well know that snake can be perceived only from the frame of reference of
>> non-rope. From the frame of reference of rope, there is no perception of
>> snake possible. Similarly, in prabOdha, being Self, there is no possibility
>> of pratyaksha.
>> 
>> Regards.
>> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
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