[Advaita-l] Binary nature of Jnana

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Venkat Ji,

Because the culmination is jnAna. BrahmasaMsthA in this context means a
sAdhaka whose only duty is to be a brahmaniShTha till the sAdhana
culminates in jnAna.

Regards

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On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 11:33 AM Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouli ji,
>
> Thank you. Why in your view does the below bhAShya imply that the person
> referred to is a sAdhaka?
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
> On Tue, 5 Jul 2022, 06:51 H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> <<  ब्रह्मनिष्ठत्वमेव हि तस्य शमदमाद्युपबृंहितं स्वाश्रमविहितं कर्म ;
>> यज्ञादीनि च इतरेषाम् ; तद्व्यतिक्रमे च तस्य प्रत्यवायः । >>
>>
>> <<  brahmaniShThatvameva hi tasya shamadamAdyupabRRiMhitaM
>> svAshramavihitaM
>> karma ; yaj~nAdIni cha itareShAm ; tadvyatikrame cha tasya pratyavAyaH |
>> >>
>>
>> Translation  << The duty of his order of life consists of steadfastness
>> itself in Brahman, supported by selfcontrol etc., whereas sacrifices etc.,
>> are the duties for  others; the monk incurs sin by transgressing his own
>> duties, (as much as others do by transgressing theirs) >>,
>>
>> The Bhashya observes here that brahmaniShThatvam is the only duty for this
>> sAdhaka, who is not a jnAni  yet. Hence the conclusion.
>> Regards
>
>