Shata-shlokI - Shloka 3 - Supplemental note

[Guest guest]

Namaste.

 

This supplemental note is on the words

“satya-mithyAtva-yogAt” (by means of the concepts of Truth

and ‘mithyA’) in the first line of shloka 3. It is said

that in Brahma Sutra Bhashya of Shankara the following

sentence occurs:

 

“satyAnRte mithunI-kRtya aham-idaM mamedam-iti

naisargiko’yaM loka-vyavahAraH”

 

that is, “the mixing up of Truth and non-Truth (anRta)

gives rise to the common worldly parlance of ‘I am this’,

and ‘This is mine’”. This reference to Shankara Bhashya

occurs in a commentary on Narayaneeyam-91-1. The context is

again a similar idea contained in the words

 

“baddha-mithyArtha-dRshhTeH”

 

in that shloka of Narayaneeyam, meaning “because of the

deep-rooted wrong acceptance of ephemeral values as true

and enduring”. The author of the commentary, Kadalangudy

Natesa Sastrigal, opines that these words of Narayaneeyam

could as well have been

 

“satya-mithyArtha-dRshhTeH”,

 

and therefore would go back to the above stated sentence

from Brahma Sutra Bhashya.

It is interesting to note that Shankaracharya uses the same

words of his, here in Shata-shlokI.

 

The actual location of the above sentence of Shankara

Bhashya has however not been found by me. I would

appreciate readers’ help on this.

 

Regarding Narayaneeyam Shloka 91-1, one can see my posting

on the shloka in

 

http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/m15030.html

 

or in the files section of advaitin under Narayaniyam.

 

PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya.

profvk

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk>

wrote:

 

It is said

> that in Brahma Sutra Bhashya of Shankara the following

> sentence occurs:

>

> "satyAnRte mithunI-kRtya aham-idaM mamedam-iti

> naisargiko'yaM loka-vyavahAraH"

>

> that is, "the mixing up of Truth and non-Truth (anRta)

> gives rise to the common worldly parlance of `I am this',

> and `This is mine'". This reference to Shankara Bhashya

> occurs in a commentary on Narayaneeyam-91-1.

 

> The actual location of the above sentence of Shankara

> Bhashya has however not been found by me. I would

> appreciate readers' help on this.

>

 

Namaste,

 

This is the last sentence of the first paragraph in the

Adhyasa Bhashya. [Files section, Saxena's commentary].

 

Regards,

 

Sunder