UPANISHAD MANDUKYA : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Mantram-s 1 to 9. Mantram-8 : Discussion :.

16/05/2019.

Mandukya Upanishad :

Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise )

Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins :

Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9.

Mantram : 8.

"Iccha-matram prabhoh srstir-iti srstau viniscitah,

kalat-prasutim bhutanam manyante kala-cintakah."

Iccha-matram = merely a will;

prabhoh = of the Lord;

srstih = the creation;

iti = that;

srstau = regarding creation

viniscitah  = convinced;

kalat = because of time;

prasutim bhutanam = creation of beings;

manyante = consider;

kala cintakah = astrologers.

"The Creationists attribute this manifestation to be caused by the mere Will of God, while there are others who, looking upon Time as real, declare that Time is the Cause for the manifestations of all things."

Discussion :

"Enumerating, in haste, the other theories which existed then, regarding the Creation of the world, here the glosser says that some of them believe that the creation of the world is caused by a determined will of the Lord, while there are others who believe that the Time-factor is a Real entity and that all the creation of the various names and forms depends entirely upon Time."

"These floating ideas in the world of philosophy are all put together here only to be blasted out in the end by 'Gaudapada, and thereby he expects to assert the pure Vedanta. That is a sure method to get Vedanta well hammered into the mind and intellect of the students. In the next mantram we shall find hoe he does this trick."

Next -Mantram-9.

To be continued ...