A response to Purushaji

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Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:35:56 -0000

 

"Purusha" <purush_artha

 

Re: Response to Chittaji's Several posts......

 

 

 

Ref POst :29733

 

 

 

CN writes :

 

 

 

(Brahman was the yoni, the womb, of the universe. )

 

 

 

Some member out there may question with what authority You have to

 

state this, CN?

 

 

 

Two quotes from Bhagwat Gita support your statement in these verses:

 

 

 

BG 14.3

 

mama yonir mahad brahma

 

tasmin garbham dadhamy aham

 

sam bhavah sarva-bhutanam

 

tato bhavati bharata

 

 

 

The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth,

 

and it is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the births

 

of all living beings, O son of Bharata.

 

 

 

14.4

 

sarva-yonisu kaunteya

 

murtayah sambhavanti yah

 

tasam brahma mahad yonir

 

aham biJa-pradah pita

 

 

 

It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are

 

made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the

 

seed-giving father.

 

 

 

Response:

 

 

 

Dear Purusha-ji, Namaste.

 

 

 

The moment I read Chittaji's words, the sight of the word Yoni brought to my

mind the Gita verses referred above by you. And along with that the recollection

of the words of my Guru when he taught these verses:

 

'Here, the word Brahma means Maya.'

 

 

 

See what Shankara comments:

 

for verse 14.3

 

My womb: My own Prakriti, ie. the Prakriti which belongs to Me, the Maaya made

up of the three gunas, the cause of all beings. This Prakriti is spoken of as

great(mahat) because it is greater than all effects (sarva-kaaryebhyo

mahattvaat); and as the source and nourishing energy of all its modifications

(bharanaaccha sarva-vikaaraanaam), it is termed Brahman. In that Great Brahman

(mahad-brahma) I place the germ, the seed of the birth of the Hiranyagarbha, the

seed which gives birth to all beings.

 

 

 

for verse 14.4:

 

……….of these forms, the Great Brahman (mahat-brahma), Prakriti which passes

through all states of matter is the cause; and I, the Isvara, am the Father, the

author of impregnation of the seed in the womb.

 

 

 

Logically speaking also, the impregnator has to be other than the impregnated.

Thus the yoni is Prakriti and not Brahman. In Vedanta as it is held that the

Prakriti, Maaya is itself inert, it cannot do anything without the support of

the Consciousness, Brahman.

 

 

 

This is one instance where words can be misleading.

 

 

 

Warm regards,

 

subbu

 

 

 

 

 

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