[Advaita-l] [advaitin] BrihadAraNyaka 4.3.19 and Aitareya 1.3.12

[Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati]]

Namaste Sudhanshuji,

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Though DSV is less in number, it is very emphatic in clear understanding.
> KrishnAlankAra says on page 268 - ये त्वधिकारिणो बहुविधज्ञानकर्मानुष्ठान
> साधितनिरतिशयपरमेश्वरप्रसादमहिना नितान्त निर्मलीकृतान्त:- करणाः सन्तो
> जागरेऽपि स्वप्नाद्विशेषं न पश्यन्ति तान् ब्रह्मविद्याकामान् अधिकृत्य
> प्रवृत्तां कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रबोधस्वापावस्थयोः प्रभवप्रलयप्रतिपादिकां
> 'श्रुतिं अनुसृत्य दृष्टिसृष्टिवादः पूर्वाचार्यैर्निरूपितः । Those eligible
> aspirants, who are of absolutely pure antah-karaNa on account of grace of
> Ishwara obtained through the performance of several jnAna and karma, who do
> not see any distinction between waking and dream; to those aspirants
> desirous of Brahma-vidyA, the AchAryAs describe drishTi-srishTi following
> the (KaushItakI 3.3) Shruti which propounds the origin and dissolution of
> entire world in waking (dream) and sleep (sushupti).
>
>
Coincidentally, during my study, I came across Bhagavan Bhashyakara quoting
this very mantra under Br. Su.1.3.30, explaining which Bhashyaratnaprabha
says:

स्वप्नवत्कल्पितस्याज्ञातसत्त्वाभावात् दर्शनं सृष्टिः अदर्शनं लय इति
दृष्टिसृष्टिपक्षः श्रुत्यभिप्रेत इति भावः ।

gurupAdukAbhyAm,
--Ananta Chaitanya
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