[Advaita-l] Suta Samhita in Sanskrit with Madhava Vidyanranya Commentary

[Keshava Mahadeva]

Well said. Suta Samhita does talk about Upanishads just like Shiva Gita.

Almost all the main Upanishads like Jabala, Svetashvatara, Kaivalya, Brihat
Jabala, Chandogya, Talavakara (Kena), Brihadaranyaka, Mundaka, Aitareya,
etc. have been mentioned in Suta Samhita.

Bhasma Dharana is present in Suta Samhita, Shiva Gita, Ishwara Gita and
also in the Upanishads like Bhasma Jabala, Brihad Jabala, Jabali, Kalagni
Rudra Atharvasiras, etc.

Also if you had read the below link which I shared before, Shaivites have
identified places in the Upanishads where Bhasma Dharana is recommended.

http://shaivam.org/scripture/English-Articles/1379/vaidika-saiva-siddhanta

Coming to the Tamasic thing. In Suta Samhita Shiva Rahasya Khandam, it
talks of Shaiva Puranas are actually Shudda Sattwic and Vishnu Puranas are
Tamasic in nature and also goes on to state Shiva is the lord of Brahmanas.
Whoever want to attain the Nirguna Para Brahman, they have to offer prayers
to Shiva. Vishnu is the lord of Ksatriyas and Brahma is the lord of
Vaishyas. Below are the verses:

*dasha shaiva puraanaani saattvikaani vidur bhudhaah*
*sraddheyaani dvijavaraih teshaam dharmaastu tatra yat*

*sattvam shuddham samaadishtam sukha gnaanaaspadam tu yat*
*vidyopadeshtaa  yogibhyah shuddhaspatikasannibhah*

*na nidraati shivah kvaapi braahmanaadhi patih shivah*
*bruvantyevam puraanaani braahmanaanaam kathaah shubaah*

*dasha shaiva puraanaani himsaa doshaparaani cha*
*vaishnavaani cha chatvaari taamasaani munishvaraah*

*kshatriyanaam shrutaa dharmaah teshu tadhevataa harih*
*tamah krishnam udaasiinam kuutakrityavishaaradah*

*nidraalasya pramaadaadi panchadhaa syaattu taamasaah*
*nidraalasya pramaadaadyaah tad gunaah parikiirtitaah*

*krishno vishnuh smritah seshashaayi bhakti vimohakah*
*eteshu kshatriyanaam cha dharmaa vipraa udaahritaah*

*braahmee tu raajase vaishyadharmaih sarvatra sammatee*
*duhkaaspadam raktavarnam chancalam cha rajomatam*

*gunatrayasamaayuktam aagneyaam sauram eva cha*
*tasmaat shaivaani vipraanaam puraanaani hitaani vai*

Also in Suta Samhita Yagnya Vaibhava Khanda 25th Chapter, Lord Narayana
says to Satya Sandha:

*naaham samsaaramagnaanaam sakshat samsaara mochakaha*
*brahmaadidevataashchaanyaa naiva samsaara mochakaahaa*

*aham brahmaadidevaascha prasaadaat tasya shulinah*
*pranaadyaiva hi samsaaramochakaa naatra samshayaha*

*naamatashchaartha tashchaapi mahaadevo maheshvaraha*
*tadanye kevalam deva mahaadevaa na te anagha*

*mahaadevam vinaa yo maam bhajate shradhayaa sah*
*naasti tasya vinirmokshaha samsaraajjanma kotibhihi*

Lord Narayana says to Satya Sandha: I, Brahma and all the devas cannot
grant moksha. It is only Mahadeva who can grant Moksha. One who is my
devotee but who doesn't worship or chant the name of Maheshwara cannot
attain Mukti even after billions of births. Lord Shiva says the same thing
to Rama in Shiva Gita that after doing virtues for billions of births one
will get the knowledge of attaining Shiva Gati.

Also in Muktika Upanishad Lord Rama says he can grant only Salokya,
Samipya, Sarupya and Sayujya. But the real mukti is Kaivalya which can be
acquired by reading the Upanishads. And we do have an Upanishad called
"Kaivalya Upanishad" which is ultimately talking about Mahadeva
Chandrasekara.

achintyamavyaktamanantarUpaM shivaM prashAntamamR^itaM brahmayonim

umAsahAyaM parameshvaraM prabhuM trilochanaM nIlakaNThaM prashAntam
dhyAtvA munirgachChati bhUtayoniM samastasAkShiM tamasaH parastAt

chinmAtro.ahaM sadAshivaH

hiraNmayo.ahaM shivarUpamasmi

and finally it ends with saying one should chant Shata Rudram for getting
rid of all sins and attaining Moksha (tasmAd avimuktamAshrito bhavati).

Everybody including Brahma and Narayana claim that it is Mahadeva that is
the supreme. So the Bigoted people's claims need not be considered
seriously.

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 10:18 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 11:14 PM Keshava Mahadeva via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Below are the links for Suta Samhita in Sanskrit.
>>
>> It establishes Maheshwara as the supreme Godhead and all paths lead to
>> him.
>> All the Agamas like Saiva, Vaishnava, Sakta, Hiranyagarbha are creations
>> of
>> Lord Shiva.
>>
>>
>> https://ia800706.us.archive.org/34/items/SutaSamhita-volume1/SutaSamhita-volume1.pdf
>>
>> https://ia800704.us.archive.org/6/items/SutaSamhita-volume2/SutaSamhita-volume2.pdf
>
>
> Thanks for these links. In volume 2, from page 600, there are countless
> passages from the shruti, smriti, purana, mahabharata, bodhayana gruhya
> sutras, etc. cited for the bhasma tripundra dharana.  The Vedantic purport
> of the mantra chanted while tripundra dharana, from Atharvashiras: agniriti
> bhasma, vaayurit bhasma,....that is explained in the Brhajjabalopanishad is
> summarized by Vidyaranya in the commentary thus: the Chandogya Upanishad
> teaches that one should enquire the source of the elements earth, water and
> fire and trace that source to Brahman.  Thus, the anusandhanam,
> contemplation, of the Vedantic truth occurs when one chants those mantras
> while donning the tripundra.
>
> On an aside. Bigoted Vaishnavas who hate the above and the idea of Shiva
> being the Supreme, have blacklisted the Suta samhita of Veda Vyasa, the
> Yoga Vasishtha of Valmiki and the Adhyatma Ramayana of Veda Vyasa solely
> because of their intolerance of the teachings contained therein: Advaita,
> Shiva paratva and bhasma dharana. One can also extend this to their holding
> certain puranas to be tamasic as the criterion to do so.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>
>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Keshava Mahadeva
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