Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 > Ved€nta S™tra 1.1.12 > > oˆ €nanda-mayo 'bhy€s€t > > anandamayaƒ—composed of happiness; abhy€s€t—by nature. > My question: How did the word abhyasat which means "repetition" or > "practice" come to mean "nature?" Abhyasat means "because of the repetition". This is in reference to a portion of the Upanisads wherein the Supreme Lord, referred to as Brahman in the Sutras, has been repeatedly described as being blissful, or a source of bliss. The intention of this sutra is that it is the Supreme Lord who is this reservoir of bliss, and not a jiva or something else. How can we ascertain this? By the fact that there is repeated reference to the Supreme Lord being the context of the discussion in that section of the Upanisads and that a jiva, etc. is not the context of that discussion. 'Anandamayah' itself includes the idea that He is the reservoir of bliss "by nature", that is, intrinsically, and not due to some extrinsic cause. You can see more details of this in Acarya Baladeva Vidyabhusana's Govinda-bhasya (and its sub-commentary Suksma-tika). More or less a similar explanation can be found in Sri Ramanujacarya's Sri-bhasya. Your servant, Vidvan Gauranga das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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