Guest guest Posted February 5, 2001 Report Share Posted February 5, 2001 advaitin, "K. Sadananda" <sada@a...> wrote: > Notes on BSB I-i-2-1E > Namaste, Please send in corrections/additions/suggestions whenever you can. I expect to update the master-file by the end of this month. Thanks. Regards, s. ___________________ aakshepa = objection achetana = without consciousness adhishhThaanam = locus adhyasta = superimposed ajaam = [to the] unborn ajo = [ajaH] unborn anyaadhiina = [anya + aadhiina] dependent on another apraapya = without achieving ardhanaariishwara = [ardha+naarii+iishvara]Reality[shiva] represented half feminine and half masculine asaadhaaraNa = uncommon aastikaaya = [to] followers of Vedas avashishhyate = remains avyaktaat = from the unmanifest bahvii.n = [to] many bhuktabhogaamajo.anyaH = [bhukta + bhogaam + ajaH + anyaH] having enjoyed, unborn, others ?? bhuuyo.anyat = [bhuuyaH + anyat] having been, another chaitanya = Consciousness [chaitanyam, chaitanyatvam] chaiva = [cha + eva] and only chakshur = [chakshuH] eye Charvaka = Name of the founder of Materialist School of Philosophy chetana = conscious darshanam = school of philosophy [for the purpose of 'viewing' Reality] Devabhuti = Name of sage Kapila [bhagavata Purana] dharmaH = Righteousness [the Law(s) which sustain the Universe] ekaa.n = to the one gachchhati = goes guNaa.nshchaiva = [guNaan + cha + eva] hyeko = [hi + ekaH] verily, the one idam = this iishwara = the Lord j~naatavyam = that which is to be understood/known j~naatvaa = having known jadam = inert jahaatyenaa.n = [jahaati + enaa.n] leaves these janayanti = [they] produce janmaad = [janmaat] from birth jushhaamaaNo.anusheto = [jushhaamaaNaH + anushetaH] taking delight, remains attached kaThopanishhad = Name of a major Upanishad ki.nchit = ever so little lakshmii = consort of Vishnu; Deity presiding over wealth lohita = red maayaa = the power of illusion inherent in Reality Mahanarayana = name of an Upanishad maheswaram = [to the] great Lord [mahaa + iishvara] naarayaNa = Name of the Lord [manifested Reality] neha = [na + iha] not here nivartante = return paarvatii = consort of Shiva paraH = supreme paramaaNu = [parama + aNu] the smallest element of an atom paramaatmaa = the supreme Soul para-tantram = dependent on another pariNaama = effect prajaa.n = to the creation prakaashhatvam = luminosity prakR^itim = [to] the power of manifestation prakR^itisambhavaan.h = [prakR^iti + sambhavaan] produced from prakR^iti purushha = the counterpart [male] principle of prakR^iti saha = together saruupaam.h = identical, alike sarvavij~naanam = omniscient sattva = the clear/pure essence/mode of Nature satyam = truth [of existence] savij~naanam = with experiential knowledge shukla-kR^ishhNaaM = white and black siddhaanta = conclusion skandha = pillar shloka = verse swaruuupa = essential form of Self swatantram = independent swayam = oneself shvetaashvatara = name of an upanishad tamo = [tamaH] darkness tattva = principle, essence te.aha.n = [? te + aham] to you, I triguNaatmika = comprised of three modes of Nature ubhaavapi = [ubhau + api] both also upaadaanam = material [cause] vaacho = [vaachaH] speech vaadaH = debate [with the purpose of establishing truth] vaak = words, speech vaisheshhika = a school of philosophy [categorising the nature of manifested Reality] vakshyaamyasheshhataH = [vakshyaami + asheshhataH] (I) say, leaving nothing unsaid viddhyanaadii = [viddhi + anaadi] know as without a beginning vij~naanena = by experiential knowledge vikaaraa.nshcha = [vikaaraan + cha] and modifications vishhayaH = objects of sensory gratification vishishhTaadvaita = a school of philosophy [maintaining separate identities of individual and supreme souls vivarta = transformation [in Advaita Vedanta, an apparent or superimposed change, due to Ignorance] yaj = to sacrifice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2001 Report Share Posted February 5, 2001 > >achetana = without consciousness = inert > >bhuktabhogaamajo.anyaH = [bhukta + bhogaam + ajaH + anyaH] having >enjoyed, unborn, others ?? = having enjoyed, the others who are unborn, (not necessarily in the order of the words) >Devabhuti = Name of sage Kapila [bhagavata Purana] = Name of mother of sage Kapila (Bhagavata Purana) Some suggestions Sada -- K. Sadananda Code 6323 Naval Research Laboratory Washington D.C. 20375 Voice (202)767-2117 Fax:(202)767-2623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2001 Report Share Posted February 6, 2001 sunderh wrote: > advaitin, "K. Sadananda" <sada@a...> wrote: > > Notes on BSB I-i-2-1E > JAGAT KAARANAM ajaam ekaam lohita-shukla-kR^ishhNam bahviim prajaam janayantiim saruupaaM | ajaH hi ekaH jushhamaNaH anushete jahaati enam bhukta-bhogam ajaH anyaH || The first line above describes prakR^iti. ajaa (fem. of ajaH) indicates that she is anaadi (beginningless). She is made up of three different colours - lohita (red), shukla (white), kR^ishhNa (black) . The colours represent the three guNa-s sattva, rajas, and tamas. Bahviim (manifold), prajaam (offspring), janayantii (producing), saruupaam ( of the same nature as herself) - indicates that these three qualities are found to exist in all the products of nature that constitute the jagat. The following translation of the verse "ajjaam ekaam ----", by Svaami Prabhavaananda and Frederick Manchester is interesting : Maya is thy divine consort -- Wedded to thee. Thou art her master, her ruler. Red, white, and black is she, Each colour a guNa. Many are her children --- The rivers,the mountains, Flower,stone, and tree, Beast, bird, and man ---- In every way like herself. That is why prakR^iti is considered by the Sankhya-s to be the upaadaana kaaraNam of the jagat - the material of which the jagat is made, like saying that the pot is made of clay The Sankhyaa-s do not also believe in an iisvara as an intellgent cause like the potter who converts the clay into a pot. They believe that prakR^iti itself creates the universe with all its diversity. 2. According to Vedanta , Brahman does not create the world as a potter creates a pot from clay (a material different from the potter). There is no entity other than Brahman (clay is also brahman only). Brahman does not transform itself into the world either, like milk gets transformed into curd. Once the curd is formed there is no more milk. Brahman does not cease to exist once the world is created . On the one hand, the paramaatman remains pure jnaana, as nothing but awareness, and, on the other, he shows himself through the power of his maaya as all this universe with its living beings and inert objects. It is all the appearance of the same Reality, the Reality in various disguises, all this jugglery of the universe. With all the apprent diversity , the one Reality remains unchanged. This argument is called vivarta vaada. There is vivarata in the phenomenon of a rope appearing to be a snake. The upaadaana kaaraNa (material cause) which is the rope, is not being converted into a snake by any nimitta kaaraNa (efficient cause) like a potter converting a lump of clay into a pot. Nor is the rope getting transformed into a snake in which case there will be no rope left. The rope remains a rope, but appears to be a snake on account of our avidyaa Similarly, due to maayaa, brahman also appears to us as this world and such a vast plurality of entities. --- extracted from "Hindu Dharma", a compilation based on the discourses of puujyashri Chandrashekhrendra Saraswati Svami of Kanchi Mutt, published by Bharatiiya Vidyaa Bhavan Regards. V.M.Sundaram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Shree V.M. Sundaram wrote: > > JAGAT KAARANAM > --- extracted from "Hindu >Dharma", a compilation >based on the > discourses of >puujyashri Chandrashekhrendra >Saraswati Svami > of Kanchi Mutt, >published by Bharatiiya Vidyaa >Bhavan > > Regards. > V.M.Sundaram Sundaramji - PraNaams and thanks for the lucid explanation of the mantra with the meaning. May be we should request you to write the notes on the BSB. We will come back to this mantra again later when Vyaasa bhagavaan examines the naastika systems of philosophy in detail. Hari Om! Sadananda -- K. Sadananda Code 6323 Naval Research Laboratory Washington D.C. 20375 Voice (202)767-2117 Fax:(202)767-2623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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