[Advaita-l] prapanchopashamam explained in karika bhashya 2.35

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Tue May 13 05:39:21 EDT 2025


In the Mandukyopanishad, 7th mantra, occurs the term: prapanchopashamam. In
this bhashya, Shankara explains that term as:

प्रपञ्चोपशममिति जाग्रदादिस्थानधर्माभाव उच्यते । (In Turiya Brahman, there
is the absence of the domain of the three states of waking etc.)  In the
Gaudapada Karika 2.35 Bhashya, Shankara says the following for the term:

वीतरागभयक्रोधैर्मुनिभिर्वेदपारगैः ।
निर्विकल्पो ह्ययं दृष्टः *प्रपञ्चोपशमो*ऽद्वयः ॥ ३५ ॥


प्रपञ्चोपशमः, प्रपञ्चो द्वैतभेदविस्तारः, तस्योपशमोऽभावो यस्मिन् , स आत्मा
प्रपञ्चोपशमः,

prapancha = the expansive differentiated duality. This is not there in
Turiya.

regards

subbu


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