[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Dichotomy in creation - Advaita beautifully explained - Dream analogy - Hindi

[V Subrahmanian]

Apt verses from that text.  I think since avidya/maya is trigunatimika, the
Guru, shāstra, etc. kalpanam is owing to the sattva aspect.

warm regards
subbu

On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> Sankshepa ShArIraka very emphatically says the following:
>
> तव गाढमूढतमसा रचितं जगदीशजीववपुषा सकलम्।
> प्रतिभाति तावददृढं दृढवत् समुदेति यावदवबोधरविः॥२२२॥
>
> This prapancha in the form of world, Ishwara and jIva is constructed by
> your dense, dark, deluding ignorance. While it is extremely fragile, it
> appears as solid and firm only so long as the sun of jnAna does not appear.
>
>
> तव चित्तमात्मतमसा जनितं परिकल्प्यत्यखिलमेव जगत्। तव कल्पनाविरचितः स
> गुरुस्तव रूपमद्वयमुदाहरति॥२२५॥
>
> Your mind is born from ignorance of Atma. And your mind imagines this
> entire world. Guru, who is also constructed by your imagination, will
> explain/teach/make you see your own non-dual nature.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>
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