MANDUKYA UPANISHAD : Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-2, Discussion- 12.
17/03/2017
MANDUKYA UPANISHAD
Chapter-1.
"AGAMA PRAKARANA"
( The Scriptural Treatise )
Mantram-2
"Sarvam hyetad Brahma, ayam-atma Brahma,
so' yam-atma catuspat."
sarvam - all;
hi - indded;
etat -this;
brahma - this (is) BRAHMAM;
ayam atma brahma - this Self ( ATMA IN US ) is BRAHMAM;
sah - That ( BRAHMAM );
ayam atma - ( which is ) this Self ( ATMA IN US );
catuspat - ( is ) covered with four quarters ( PARTS ).
"All this is verily BRAHMAM. This is BRAHMAM. This JIVATMA ( ATMA WITHIN US ) has four quarters ( parts )."
Discussion-12.
1. Not that the Indivisible Reality has ever got divided into any parts.
2. Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya, in his commentary especially pointed out that the term quarter (pada ) does not mean here 'limbs' just as the four legs of a cow!
3. If we accept this dictionary-meaning, we would get the entire Vedantik spirit misconstructed and misunderstood.
4. If we accept that there are 'four limbs,' then it would makeb the homogeneous Reality entertain in difference in Itself ( svagata bheda ).
5. That which has any differentiation within itself would become a 'substance,' the Reality would then also become finite and perishable.
To be continued ...
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