[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Sri Krishna incarnated as Ganesha - Brahmavaivarta Purana

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Hi,
Adding to it Bagavan himself says in Geeta -
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ
After many births, the wise one surrenders unto Me, realizing: *Vasudeva is
everything*. Such a great soul (mahatma) is very rare.”


Namo Narayana

On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 at 11:04 AM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM Krishna Kashyap via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > *Incarnations of Hari (Vishnu): A Comprehensive Overview*
> >
>
> Namaste
>
> It would be interesting to note what Shankara says in the Pancharatra
> adhikarana regarding the 'vyuhas':
>
> न चैते भगवद्व्यूहाश्चतुःसंख्यायामेवावतिष्ठेरन् , ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तस्य
> समस्तस्यैव जगतो भगवद्व्यूहत्वावगमात् ॥ ४४ ॥ BSB 2.2.44:   There is no need
> to limit the vyuhas of Bhagavan to just four; the entire world of jivas
> from Brahmā up to the tiniest creature are known (from the shruti) to be
> the vyuhas of Bhagavan.
>
> In another bhashya there itself, Shankara says: BSB 2.242:
>
>  योऽसौ नारायणः परोऽव्यक्तात्प्रसिद्धः परमात्मा सर्वात्मा, स
> आत्मनात्मानमनेकधा व्यूह्यावस्थित इति — तन्न निराक्रियते, ‘स एकधा भवति
> त्रिधा भवति’ (छा. उ. ७ । २६ । २)
> <
> https://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Chandogya/devanagari?page=7&id=Ch_C07_S26_V02&hl=%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF
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> इत्यादिश्रुतिभ्यः
> परमात्मनोऽनेकधाभावस्याधिगतत्वात् ।
>
> What the Pancharatras say: Bhagavan Narayana takes many forms as vyuhas, is
> acceptable to us as the Upanishad says: 'He appears as one, as three...'
> Chandogya 7.26.2.
>
> The Claude analysis posted here by Krishna Kashyap Ji aligns with the
> above:  One Brahman appearing as everything in creation: all categories of
> sentient entities - gods, humans, asuras, animals, etc.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>
>
> >
> >
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