[Advaita-l] [advaitin] KaushItakI Upanishad 3.3

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In KaushItakI Upanishad 3.3 (KaushItakiBrAhmaNopanishad 4.19), the mantra
> says -
>
> ‘यदा सुप्तः स्वप्नं न कञ्चन पश्यत्यथास्मिन्प्राण एवैकधा भवति तदैनं
> वाक्सर्वैर्नामभिः सहाप्येति चक्षुः सर्वै रूपैः सहाप्येति श्रोत्रं सर्वैः
> शब्दैः सहाप्येति मनः सर्वैर्ध्यानैः सहाप्येति स यदा प्रतिबुध्यते
> यथाग्नेर्ज्वलतः सर्वा दिशो विस्फुलिङ्गा विप्रतिष्ठेरन्नेवमेवैतस्मादात्मनः
> सर्वे प्राणा यथायतनं विप्रतिष्ठन्ते प्राणेभ्यो देवा देवेभ्यो लोकाः’
>
> Here, the Shruti says that during sushupti:
>
> 1. VAk, along with all names, becomes one with It.
>
> 2. Chakshu, along with all forms, becomes one with It.
>
> 3. ShrOtra, along with all shabda, becomes one with It.
>
> 4. Mind, along with all thoughts, becomes one with It.
>
> Again when one wakes up, everything is born from AtmA, just as sparks are
> born from fire.
>
> Here, the following questions arise:
>
> 1. Do "all names", "all forms" merge during "my" sushupti? Does, the
> Himalayas, the White House merge?
>
> 2. Do "all shabda" merge during "my" sushupti?
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>

The Anubhuti Prakasha of Swami Vidyaranya has two chapters on this
Upanishad. One is the Atmavidya Conversation between Indra and Pratardana
and the other is between Ajatashatru and Baalaaki.  In the latter chapter
there are some verses that deal with the questions you ask:

A summary:  There is the commonly popular Srishti: From Brahman akasha,
etc. emerge.  The other is the srishti laya that happens at the individual
jiva level. When the jiva wakes up, the AhankAra (bhokta) emerges. The
sense organs emerge, along with their presiding devatas. And the
observed/contacted world also emerges.  Swami Vidyaranya says: Ajatashatru
taught this DSV in preference to SDV (Brahman > akasha, etc.) as the former
is more quickly yielding the fruit of moksha jnanam compared to the latter
which is a little 'convoluted.'   Whether it is MahA srishti or alpa
srishti, it is maayika, he says. The purpose of delineating srishti is only
to teach the Advaita tattva, he says.

You can read those verses in the book, readily available here:

https://centreforbrahmavidya.org/acharyas/sri-bharathi-theertha-and-sri-vidyaranya/anubhuti-prakasha-with-gloss.html?v=2.3#

Chapter: 9.  Verses: 35 onwards.



regards
subbu



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