Sivaanandalahari - 8

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continued from 8 (1)

 

*Sivaanandalahari - 8 (2)*

 

In prakrthi, we see sukthi rajatham all around. We cannot call it ‘asat’ for

we know it exists and at the same time we cannot call it ‘Sat’ either for it

does not last. Since their rajatha gnaanam is seen to end in time we come to

the conclusion that all objects are of ‘sat vilakshaNam’. If the rajatha

gnaanam is held to be ‘asat’ then it has to remain unknown like a hare with

two horns, however we do see the objects therefore they are not ‘asat’ and

we have to conclude that this rajatha gnaanam has ‘asat vilakshaNam’. But

then we have concluded earlier that this rajatha gnaanam has ‘sat

vilakshaNam’! This is truly contradictory!! Since sukthi rajatham is seen to

have both ‘sat vilakshanam’ and ‘asat vilakshaNam’ Vedaanthis call it as

false, poi, mithya.

 

What do we understand from this? Clearly ‘Sat’ is not false for it exists

for ever. And ‘asat’ is also not false for it never exists. What is false is

that which seems to exist but not really, that entity that has ‘sat-asat

vilakshaNam”. What is the cause of this? It is the ‘brama’, the error, the

confusion. You may say that it is seen to be real in everyday life by our

own prathyakshaanubhava, however, we would not accept that they are products

of yadhaartha gnaanam. Just as those objects we see in our dream are real

during our dream time and yet they disappear without a trace when we wake

up, these objects that have ‘sat-asat vilakshaNam’ give us a sense of

reality as we enjoy them but have no reality in paaramaarthika dhasaa.

Therefore O! ParamporuLe! Your swaroopam is the adhishttanam for everything.

It is only due to the root avidya that people due to ‘brama’ imagine

thousand different devathaas and worship them. Hey Prabho! Their actions,

however in no way bring down your Mahath. In reality your swaroopam, no

doubt, remains as Chith, as Sadhaanandham, as Advitheeyam, as Akandam, as

Achalam, as Kootastham, as Pragnaanaganam and above all as Shivam. Hey

PasupathE! It is true that you pervade all the anyadevathaas that were

projected on you just as the rope pervades the snake that was projected on

it by brama.

 

If people say that even though the anyadevathaas were projected on you due

to brama yet because your are their adhishtaanam that they have borrowed

your existence and are shining with it and therefore worshipping them would

tantamount to worshipping you. But O! Parameswara! These people are wrong

because those projected deities get destroyed in time and thus they have

binnathwam of their existence whereas you are the real SAT that is

indestructible. Therefore even though these projected deities borrowed your

existence they have never been in you. AachaaryaaL says in his Geetha

Bhaashyam, “Dhivishta ivaadhithyE kalpithaani jalachalanaadheeni mayi

kapithaani bhoothaani, paramaarthathO, mayi na santhi” and also the Sruthi

“asango nahisajjathE”.

 

(contd. in 8.3)