[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Quotes from samkshepa shaareeraka

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Subbu ji.

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Sure. Noted.

Namaste Chandramouli ji,

But surely there is no basis for claiming that SDV must be followed by DSV
> to attain the Goal of Advaita Siddhanta as advanced by Sri Bhagavatpada.
>

Please refer to the commentary by MS on verses 2.90 and 2.91 of Samkshepa
ShArIraka.

Basically three drishTi have been propounded. pariNAma-drishTi,
vivarta-drishTi and paripUrNa-drishTi. Here, pariNAma-drishTi is adhyArOpa
and vivarta-drishTi is its apavAda. Further, vivarta-drishTi when
considered vis-a-vis paripUrNa-drishTi is adhyArOpa and paripUrNa-drishTi
is apavAda. Thus, we see that vivarta-drishTi has two attributes, it is
apavAda vis-a-vis pariNAma-drishTi and it is adhyArOpa vis-a-vis
paripUrNa-drishTi. That is why vivarta-drishTi is also called
vyAmishra-drishTi. (Refer SS 2.87 and 2.88)

Further, vivarta-drishTi is also of two types. One, wherein several
mumukshu are admitted and second where only one mumukshu is admitted. These
refer to SDV and DSV respectively. [Refer SS 2.83, 2.84, 2.85, 2.86 and
2.91]

At one point of time, the aspirant can have only one drishTi. These drishTi
are therefore sequential. MS writes in the commentary to SS 2.88 - एवं
परिणाम-आदि-दृष्टीनाम्-एक-अधिकारिणि क्रमवर्त्तिनीनां मोक्ष-उपयोग उक्तः।
Subsequently, MS says 2.91 - अथ-शब्द-सूचित एकविध एव अधिकारी तस्य
क्रम-भाविन्यः एता दृष्टयः इति अस्मन्मतम्.

So, it is clear that these are the progressive drishTis which mumukshu
comes to attain. Thus, DSV follows SDV and ajAti, which is the
paripUrNa-drishTi is the ultimate apavAda of vivarta which is mOksha.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.