[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Looking for a verse: अवश्यं भाविभावानां.....

Vidyasankar Sundaresan svidyasankar at gmail.com
Thu Jan 19 10:49:05 CST 2017


Thank you. I wasn't aware of that reference!

Best regards,
Vidyasankar

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Ajit Krishnan <ajit.krishnan at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> There are one or two oblique references to Yudhishthira in the Yoga
> Vasishtha. For example -- युधिष्ठिर इति ख्यातो धर्मपुत्रो भविष्यति
> (6.1.52.29).
>
> sasneham,
>
>     ajit
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Vidyasankar Sundaresan via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Since the Yogavasishtha is itself in the form of a dialog between
>> Vasishtha
>> and Rama, I doubt if the verse avaSyambhAvi ... appears in it. I have seen
>> no reference to Yudhishthira in the Yogavasishtha so far.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Vidyasankar
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Dear friends,
>> >
>> > Though deviating from the subject line, kindly permit me to add that
>> even
>> > the Bhagavad Gita has 21 verses common with the Yogavashishtha.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Sunil KB
>> > --------------------------------------------
>> > On Wed, 1/18/17, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-
>> > vedanta.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] [advaitin] Looking for a verse: अवश्यं
>> > भाविभावानां.....
>> >  To: "श्रीमल्ललितालालितः" <lalitaalaalitah at lalitaalaalitah.com>, "A
>> > discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedan
>> ta.org
>> > >
>> >  Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 2:15 AM
>> >
>> >  On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at
>> >  12:16 AM,
>> >  श्रीमल्ललितालालितः via
>> >  Advaita-l <
>> >  advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>> >  wrote:
>> >
>> >  > Same appears in
>> >  जीवन्मुक्तिविवेकः.
>> >  > I think it has been taken from
>> >  योगवासिष्ठः .
>> >  > See
>> >  a link with hints:
>> >  > http://sadgurusmaran.blogspot.in/2012/10/34.html
>> >
>> >
>> >  Thanks for
>> >  the link which hints at the Yogavasishtha source. If there
>> >  is a
>> >  YV unicode resource, maybe we can
>> >  search for this verse there. YV is a very
>> >  old text and Sri Vidyaranya has quoted
>> >  extensively from there in the JVM.
>> >  In fact
>> >  in the Panchadashi context, this verse appears amidst some
>> >  other
>> >  verses, from the BG, etc. which are
>> >  all citations. Hence it is likely that
>> >  this
>> >  verse is from a source outside the Panchadashi.
>> >
>> >  The Yogavasishtha also
>> >  presents Rama as deeply affected by the ways of the
>> >  world, life, etc. and that is where the enquiry
>> >  into the nature of samsāra,
>> >  remedy, etc.
>> >  start as a dialogue between Vasishtha and Rama.
>> >
>> >  There are said to be half a
>> >  dozen commentaries to the YV. Vidyaranya says
>> >  while referring to the YV verses, 'vālmiki
>> >  says...'. So, there has been a
>> >  belief
>> >  that the YV is also a part of Ramayana or an independent
>> >  work by
>> >  Valmiki.
>> >
>> >  The inclusion of Rama along with Nala and
>> >  Yudhishthira is somewhat strange.
>> >  However,
>> >  in the Valmiki Ramayana we have verses from the mouth of
>> >  Rama
>> >  expressing the miserable times he is
>> >  undergoing.
>> >
>> >  https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/sloka?field_kanda_tid=3&
>> > language=dv&field_sarga_value=63
>> >
>> >  स लक्ष्मणं
>> >  शोकवशाभिपन्नं शोके
>> >  निमग्नो विपुले तु
>> >  रामः।
>> >  उवाच
>> >  वाक्यं
>> >  व्यसनानुरूपमुष्णं
>> >  विनिश्श्वस्य
>> >  रुदंत्सशोकम्।।3.63.2।।
>> >  Plunged in deep grief, Rama heaved hot sighs
>> >  and said these words to
>> >  griefstricken
>> >  Lakshmana, *weeping:*
>> >
>> >  न
>> >  मद्विधो
>> >  दुष्कृतकर्मकारी
>> >  मन्ये द्वितीयोऽस्ति
>> >  वसुन्धरायाम्।
>> >  शोकेन शोको हि
>> >  परम्पराया मा मेति
>> >  भिन्दन्हृदयं
>> >  मनश्च।।3.63.3।।
>> >  I think
>> >  there is none on earth like me who has performed such
>> >  forbidden
>> >  acts. One grief after the other is
>> >  successively piercing my heart and my
>> >  mind.
>> >
>> >  पूर्वं मया
>> >  नूनमभीप्सितानि
>> >  पापानि
>> >  कर्माण्यसकृत्कृतानि।
>> >  तत्रायमद्यापतितो
>> >  विपाको दुःखेन दुःखं
>> >  यदहं विशामि।।3.63.4।।
>> >  In the past I had certainly done some sinful
>> >  deeds I often liked the
>> >  consequences of
>> >  which have descended on me now as I am experiencing one
>> >  sorrow after another.
>> >
>> >  राज्यप्रणाशस्स्वजनैर्वियोगः
>> >  पितुर्विनाशो
>> >  जननीवियोगः।
>> >  सर्वाणि मे
>> >  लक्ष्मण
>> >  शोकवेगमापूरयन्ति
>> >  प्रविचिन्तितानि।।3.63.5।।
>> >  O Lakshmana, loss of kingdom, separation from
>> >  kith and kin, death of
>> >  father, separation
>> >  from mother--all these thoughts augment my sorrow faster
>> >  and in greater measure.
>> >
>> >  सर्वं तु दुःखं मम
>> >  लक्ष्मणेदं शान्तं
>> >  शरीरे वनमेत्य
>> >  शून्यम्।
>> >  सीतावियोगात्पुनरप्युदीर्णं
>> >  काष्ठैरिवाग्निस्सहसा
>> >  प्रदीप्तः।।3.63.6।।
>> >  O Lakshmana, all this sorrow calmed down when I
>> >  came to this solitary
>> >  forest. But with
>> >  Sita's separation, it was rekindled just as fire
>> >  blazes
>> >  forth again with logs of wood.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  >
>> >  > The
>> >  translation of
>> >  जीवन्मुक्तिविवेकः by Swami
>> >  Mokshadananda of RK Math may
>> >  > help
>> >  you.
>> >  > Don't have book in PC, so
>> >  can't check now.
>> >  >
>> >  >
>> >  >
>> >  *श्रीमल्ललितालालितः*www.lalitaalaalitah.com
>> >  >
>> >  > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017
>> >  at 11:43 PM, V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
>> >  > [advaitin] <advaitin at yahoogroups.com>
>> >  wrote:
>> >  >
>> >  > >
>> >  > >
>> >  > > Looking for
>> >  a verse: अवश्यं
>> >  भाविभावानां.....
>> >  >
>> >  >
>> >  > > In the Panchadashi of
>> >  Vidyaranya, in the 7th chapter we have a verse:
>> >  > >
>> >  > >
>> >  अवश्यं भाविभावानां
>> >  प्रतीकारो भवेद्यदि ।
>> >  > > तदा दुःखैर्न
>> >  लिप्येरन्
>> >  नलरामयुधिष्ठिराः
>> >  ॥१५५॥
>> >  > > 156. If it were
>> >  possible to avert the consequences of fructifying Karma,
>> >  > > Nala, Rama and Yudhisthira would not
>> >  have suffered the miseries to which
>> >  >
>> >  > they were subjected.
>> >  > > This
>> >  verse is cited along with several other verses under the
>> >  head
>> >  > > 'bhārata'
>> >  (Mahabharata?) by Sri Viśveśvara Saraswati in his
>> >  Yatidharma
>> >  > > sangraha (p.140 print
>> >  and 149 of pdf) while discussing the need for a
>> >  > > sannyāsin to leave things to
>> >  prārabdha and not be concerned about the
>> >  > basic
>> >  > > needs for
>> >  sustenance.
>> >  > > It appears that
>> >  Vidyaranya too has cited that verse from some other
>> >  > > source. I would like to know which is
>> >  the original source of this verse.
>> >  > >
>> >  The Mahabharata is also a possible source. Any help is
>> >  appreciated.
>> >  > > Thanks and regards
>> >  > > subrahmanian.v
>> >  >
>> >  >
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