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1.3.1 dyubhyAdyAyatanaM sva-zabdAt

dyu = heaven; bhu = earth; Adi = etc = the rest; Ayatanam = abode; sva = peculiarly its own; zabdAt = word source

65) Abode of heaven, earth etc (mentioned in Mundak Up) is verily Brahman, for particular term used about Brahman occurs therein.

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muktopadesRpya vyapadezAt

released; creeping up to, resorting to; due to distinctly pointing out, declaration

Sutra 65) Because it is declared this abode of Heaven & Earth is summit to which Released slowly approach (creep up).

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SP heartily encouraged us by saying we can return BTG in this one life. Also in letters referring to JayAnanda, Kartikeya's mother etc.

Still KRSNa's 7:19 words prevail :

bahunAm janmanAm ante... sa mahAtma sudurlabhaH

Same for MahAprabhu edict:

ei brahmANDa bhramite kono bhAgyavAn jIva... bhakti-latA-bIja

bIja does not equal janama saphala... ripened fruit

God is not cheap. Vraj is not your average real estate.

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nAnumAnamatacchabdAt || 1|1| 3||

not, inferred one; Matter, Atad-zabdAt = for there is no word denoting it

67) PradhAn is not Heavenly Abode & Earth, for there's no word denoting it to be found in that passage.

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bheda vyapadezAt ca

difference; due to pointing out; and

69) And because differences between JIva & BhagavAn r distinctly pointed out in that passage; ergo, JIva not abode of Heaven & Earth.

Phrase "know Him alone as Atman" (II.2.5) clearly shows only Brahman is true Atman, separate from JIva.

 

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One word sUtra meaning:

From context also shown that JIva's neither Heaven no Earth abode.

UpaniSad opens with question:

kasmin tu vijnAte sarvam idaM vijnAtaM bhavati

What is that through which, when known, all else becomes known?

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bhUmA samprasAdAd adhyupadezAt ||1.3.8||

Full (is Brahman); greater than vessel of Grace, possessing great joy & serenity; adhi - greatest, highest, above; because of teaching, BhUma is even higher than mukta-jIva

72) BhUman is Brahman, for it is taught as possessing highest joy & being above all.

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dharmApapattez ca

qualities; due to reasonableness, suitability; and

73) Because attributes ascribed to BhUman r suitable w.r.t. Brahman only.

Self is below, above, behind, before, right, left.

PRANa, Hope, Memory, Ether, Air, Fire, Water.. all spring from the Self.

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axaram ambarAnta dhRteH

imperishable: Brahman; space/ether's end; due to support

74) "Inexhaustible, Unspoilable" referred to in Br Up 3.8.11 is Supreme Brahman, for we find it declared in this passage:

He supports even spatial extent (everything up to ether).

VedAnta - wisdom's end; ambarAnta = sky's end, circumference

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sA ca prazAsanAt

that = quality supporting up to circumference; and, due to command

75) This supporting must refer to Brahman, because text says it is by command that such supporting takes place.

Non-intelligent pradhAn cannot command.

Neither baddha-jIv nor even mukta-jIv command up to ether.

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One famous guru is now preaching that gurus can create universes.

This verse seems to eliminate this idea.

However, Nederland's Advaita dAs pointed out a verse which supports parSadas having all mystic siddhis.

Planet creation is not amongst those aSTa-siddhis.

And what to speak of UNIVERSE CREATION!!!

Even Lord BrahmA does not & cannot create an entire universe.

Of course ViSNu can empower anyone to do anything. That goes sans saying.

But whether a particular acharya walking amongst us, with disciples using hammers & saws can do it all himself? simply at will?

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anya bhAva vyavRttez ca

76) Imperishable is not pradhAn nor jIva, for same text (Br Up III.8.11) we find attributes described which would exclude (by default) another nature than (any other nature except) Brahman.

a) pradhAn is unconscious - non-intelligent

b) jIva is not all-pervading

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Ixati karma vyapadezAt saH

seeing; object; on account of being designated; he

He, Supreme Person, is meant in this Prazna UpaniSad V.2 passage as object of seeing, because of express declaration.

Highest can apply only to Supreme Brahman, not Caturmukha BrahmA.

Here, Brahmaloka does not indicate loka of BrahmA, but loka or condition of Brahman Himself.

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dahara uttarebhyaH = small due to subsequent arguments

78) Small ether in heart's lotus is Brahman, for subsequent arguments establish it to be so.

Small ether is support of earth & heaven which could not apply to elemental ether.

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gati zabdAbhyAM tathA dRSTaM lingaN ca

going; due to going & of word; going into ether = etad Brahmaloka; thus seen; mark, sign from which something may inferred; and

79) Because this ether is there to which jIvas go into deep sleep & because there is word connecting this small ether with highest Brahman.

This is seen in other texts too.

There is also liNgam = inferential mark in this passage, proving Brahman is inferred.

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dhRtez ca mahimno'syAsmin nupalabdheH

because of supporting; and greatness of his/His; in this (small ether); because of being observed, found, stated

For it is further stated this small ether supports both worlds, peculiar only to Brahman, ergo dahara must be Brahman.

atha ya AtmA sa setur...

 

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prasiddheH ca = because of settled (meaning); and

81) And due to settled convention describing Brahman as Ether, small ether = dahara => Brahman.

"For who could breathe, who could breathe forth, if that ether (AkAza) were not bliss?" Tait Up II.7

 

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"itara parAmarzAt sa iti cet, na, asambhavAt"

other one, that is jIva; due to reference; he = jIva; thus if not; because of possibility

82) If it b objected: reference to other as jIva in dahara passage exists, ergo, it means jIva;

vaisnavas say no:

for it's impossible epithets applied to dahara should =ly apply to jIva too.

Chh Up 8.7.3 yields 8 epithets such as free from sin, free from decay...

Can these apply to jIva jAgo jIvAtma?

Indradev heard from Prajapati of a self free from sin, old-age...

So these 8 r applicable to jIva too? VedavyAs goes deeper...

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uttarAc cedAvirbhAva svarUpas tu

If it be objected "from subsequent passage JIva is meant" we reply "NO", for that section only declares JIva's true nature manifest by meditative means.

"Now that released soul, having arisen from this body..."

Tu means but.

 

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anyArthaz ca parAmarzaH

other meaning, goal; too; reference (has)

jIva may aklso possess Param Brahma's qualities (50/64 B.r.s) in due course, post enlightenment.

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anyArthaz ca parAmarzaH

other meaning, goal; too; reference (has)

jIva may also possess Param Brahma's qualities (50/64 B.r.s) in due course, post enlightenment.

Same heart space occupied by both jIvAtma & Brahman (dahara) may appear to overlap, still distinct individual identities remain.

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84) JIva reference in this section treating small ether has different object.

alpa zruter iti ced tad uktam

small; in scripture declared; thus, if; that, has been said

85) Just because dahara is described as being very tiny does NOT necessarily mean dahara = jIva. Reasons already given.

During Times Square HarinAm SankIrtan we meet people who declare their way the only way.

They cannot accept anyone else whoever appeared on this planet to be self-realized, transparent via media to God the Father save & except their favorite chosen one.

Thus they miss out on all VedavyAs, Valmiki, Jayadev, MadhvAcarya, Bhaktivinod... came to give.

They cannot even accept that Jesus Christ was Essene, ergo vegetarian, that He travelled to Egypt, Greece, Persia, India.

They remain limited in their Messianic scope; some indeed befooled.

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