[Advaita-l] 'iti' in the vAcArambhaNa shruti

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Thu Feb 15 23:52:40 EST 2018


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> Namaste.
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> I thought, even at the cost of repetition, it may be useful to atleast
> briefly recap the specific issue under discussion. It started with the Ch
> Up mantra 6-4-1 vikAro nAmadheyam,……. There are two parts to the mantra.  Regarding
> the first part, vikAro nAmadheyam, that it covers mithyatva also,  there
> is no disagreement. It is only with regard to the second part, ityEva….,
> there is a disagreement as to whether that by itself covers mithyatva also.
> Even this has currently been localized to the statement
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> << vikAro nAmadheyam, kAraNam ityeva satyam corresponds to the second
> definition of mithyAtva.>>.
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> There is a disagreement.  I presume reference is to Advaita Sidhi. If you
> can please give reference to any particular page/s from the book, it would
> be of great help. I could take some time to go through and respond as
> firstly it is in Sanskrit and secondly it is a very tough text to
> understand.
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> Meanwhile I thought where such an understanding  leads to. It would lead
> to the conclusion
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>  << Jagat (kArya/effect) is satya as Brahman (kAraNa/cause) alone >>.
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> Am I justified in reaching such a conclusion or am I missing something? Is
> the conclusion itself acceptable?
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> Regards
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