[Advaita-l] Jivatma is of Vibhu (infinite) magnitude - Srimad Bhagavatam

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Sat Oct 14 05:55:11 EDT 2023


In this chapter, Hiranyakashipu, while consoling his mother and
sisters-in-law after the death of his elder brother Hiranyaksha, conveys
the Vedantic nature of the Atman:
श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण/स्कंध ०७/अध्यायः ०२
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यस्तु इह इंद्रियवान् आत्मा स चान्यः प्राणदेहयोः ॥ ४५ ॥
The Atman who is in this body with senses is different from Prana and the
gross body.
*भूतेन्द्रियमनोलिङ्गान् देहानुच्चावचान् विभुः* ।
भजति उत्सृजति ह्यन्यः तच्चापि स्वेन तेजसा ॥ ४६ ॥
That Vibhu, the all-pervading Atman, is identified with the subtle body…..
This Atman is separate from the body.
Only in Advaita is Jivatma accepted as Vibhu. The other schools hold the
Atman to be of atomic size.
After this Hiranyakashipu says:
*The perceptible world is all illusion:*
वितथाभिनिवेशोऽयं यद् गुणेष्वर्थदृग्वचः ।
यथा मनोरथः स्वप्नः सर्वं ऐंन्द्रियकं मृषा ॥ ४८ ॥
This tenet is also admitted only in Advaita.

OM


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