Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 achintya, Aravind Mohanram <psuaravind> wrote: This sounds spurious. There are only 12 verses of Mandukya upanishad that Sankara commented on -------------------------------- turns out that verse is from section 3 verse 19 of gaudapadas karika to mandukyopanisad & not from the actual text of mandukya which has only 12 verses as u pointed out. sorry for the disturbance in the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 achintya, "dhani" <dhannyganesh> wrote: > achintya, Aravind Mohanram <psuaravind> > wrote: > This sounds spurious. There are only 12 verses of Mandukya upanishad > that Sankara commented on > -------------------------------- > > turns out that verse is from section 3 verse 19 of gaudapadas karika > to mandukyopanisad & not from the actual text of mandukya which has > only 12 verses as u pointed out. sorry for the disturbance in the > forum There was no disturbance. Actually, I suspected this was the case. There has been a controversy in the past about some of Gaudapaadas Kaarikaas being confused as being part of the Upanishad. I wasn't sure if this was one such example. As a side note, when asking about the correct interpretation of a particular shloka/mantra/etc, one should try to provide the original Sanskrit, even in addition to the verse numbers. Especially for a mainstream text like this, one can find the Sanskrit even online (see the Links section for the Sanskrit documents web page). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Haribol, honorable vaisnavas, All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his wonderful followers all over the world! Actually, this issue isn't so simple. Srila Madhvacarya commented on the Mandukya Upanisad, and by the arrangement of Krishna, I have an old translation in my possession. I quote the editor's introduction: "According to Madhva, this Upanishad is called Mandukya because it was revealed by a frog (Manduka). Varuna, the Lord of the Seas, assuming the form of a frog, praised Hari with the hymns of this poem. "This Upanishad contains twelve verses. But Sri Madhva reads the Karikas, passing under the name of Gaudapada, as part of the text itself. ... Altogether there are 41 verses." The entire document is only about 21 photocopied pages. Perhaps I can post it as a PDF. Anyway, it goes without saying that if Sri Madhvacarya commented upon the Karikas, considering them part of the Upanishad itself, there can't be a shred of Mayavada there, either. More when I get a chance. Hare Krishna, Shobhana Krishna Dasa > > krishna_susarla [krishna_susarla] > Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:22 PM > achintya > Re: NO mayavada in mandukya upanisad > > achintya, "dhani" <dhannyganesh> wrote: > > achintya, Aravind Mohanram <psuaravind> > > wrote: > > This sounds spurious. There are only 12 verses of Mandukya > upanishad > > that Sankara commented on > > -------------------------------- > > > > turns out that verse is from section 3 verse 19 of gaudapadas > karika > > to mandukyopanisad & not from the actual text of mandukya which has > > only 12 verses as u pointed out. sorry for the disturbance in the > > forum > > There was no disturbance. Actually, I suspected this was the case. > There has been a controversy in the past about some of Gaudapaadas > Kaarikaas being confused as being part of the Upanishad. I wasn't > sure if this was one such example. > > As a side note, when asking about the correct interpretation of a > particular shloka/mantra/etc, one should try to provide the original > Sanskrit, even in addition to the verse numbers. Especially for a > mainstream text like this, one can find the Sanskrit even online (see > the Links section for the Sanskrit documents web page). > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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