The Swan Emblem (Hamsa Mudra) in the Srimukham of Sankara Mutts

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Sriram Wrote:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The presiding deity of the 4 Amnaya Mutts of Adi Sankara is Devi Sarada, which is described here as the Brahmavidya Swarupini, as She is the ‘Upaasya Devata’ in Brahmasutras.

 

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Is this correct ? Where is it mentioned in the Shankara Bhashya or even in any sub-commentary that Sharada is the Upaasya Devata in the Brahma Sutra ?

 

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That is what is meant by " chatur adhyaye rupam " & " aparabrahmamayam " &

" Kalahamsa " .

 

These are not my words but the words of Nilakantha Dikshitar.

 

regs,

sriram

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Is this correct ? Where is it mentioned in the Shankara Bhashya or even in any

sub-commentary that Sharada is the Upaasya Devata in the Brahma Sutra ? 

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That is what is meant by " chatur adhyaye rupam "

& " aparabrahmamayam " & " Kalahamsa " . These

are not my words but the words of Nilakantha Dikshitar.

praNAms

Hare Krishna

With all due respects & prostrations to those mahAnubhAva-s,

IMHO, the subject matter of vedAnta sUtra-s is brahma jignAsa. Personifying

the 'nyAya prasthAna' sUtra-s and attributing the 'upAsya devata' to it

is indefensible. Shankara talks about aparabrahma in his prasthAna

trayi bhAshya, but as far as my knowledge goes, nowhere he says aparabrahma

is meant as 'shArada mAta'. The word haMsa, might have some esoteric

meaning as explained earlier, than to denote 'haMsavAhini', shArada mAta.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar

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Bhaskarji,

 

Alright. I stand corrected.

 

But what i believe is that Sarada might be the upanishad pratipadya " mAyA sabala

brahma " and has been adopted by Sankara Sampardaya Yatis as a symbol of

Brahmavidya for Saguna Upasana as there is a reference to the Parinamavada in

Sutra Bhashya (2nd chapter-1st patha-14 sutra):

 

" pariNAma prakriyAm chAshrayati saguNeShUpasanEShu..... "

 

Also in the Sutra " AtmakriteH pariNAmAt " [1-4-26], Acharya Sankara writes

" parinamaiti brumaH, purvasiddho api hi san AtmA visheshena vikarAtmana cha

parinamo mriidadyasu prakritishu upalabdhah " .

 

Anyways, my mind revels at the pair of the divine feet of Mother Sarada of

Sringeri and hence could be my affinity and intimacy towards Her might have

slipped my pen.

 

regs,

sriram

 

> 'nyAya prasthAna' sUtra-s and attributing the 'upAsya devata' to it is

> indefensible. Shankara talks about aparabrahma in his prasthAna trayi

> bhAshya, but as far as my knowledge goes, nowhere he says aparabrahma is

> meant as 'shArada mAta'. The word haMsa, might have some esoteric meaning

> as explained earlier, than to denote 'haMsavAhini', shArada mAta.

> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

> bhaskar

>

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praNAms Sri Ram prabhuji

Hare Krishna

 

Kindly dont tell like that!! I

am not at all trying to correct your stand...who am I to do so!!?? I

am just writing whatever comes to my mind in reply to your observation.

Anyway, I respect & understand your sentiments in this regard.

 

 

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar