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Re: Good Heavens! [Re: gimmegames] #14059 - 03/27/02 05:34 PM Edit Reply Quote

Part II about this Shloka: ye tu-aksharam.... It is obvious that the persons engaged in the Avyakta-Nirguna achieve Brahman-ya. About this Shloka: Kleshah-adhikatarah..... It is obvious that for the embodied ones the Avyakta is very troublesome. The cause is the very word 'Klesha'. This word has its importance in the Saguna: It starts with Avidya and goes through Asmita, Raga Dvesha towards Abhinivesha. This process is aklishta (not troublesome or painful) and klishta (troublesome or painful). So: trouble (subject) is extreme (predicative in superlative) for those who are in Avyakta etc., thanks to embodiments (instrumentalis pluralis: living/shining (vas) in the body (deha) in the TatPurusha Samasa). The progress towards Avyakta gives (literally 'attains next in the accusative) " Duhkham (accusative). ye tu sarvani karmani mayi sannyasya mat-parah ananyenaiva yogena mam dhyayanta upasate They however who worship meditating upon me through none other union (yoga) beyond me while resolving all activities in me tesam aham samuddharta mrtyu-samsara-sagarat bhavami na cirat partha mayy avesita-cetasam Of them whose minds are fixed in me, I become the deliverer from the great stream=life and from death, Oh son of Prtha. Again nothing of the Shlokas is in disagreement with the Upanishads and Vedanta. It's about the true nature of Nirguna and ParaBrahman. The Brahma Sutra (Advaita Vedanta) is written by Badarayana Vyasa, who is in the same line as the writer of the Mahabharata and BhagavadGita: Krshna Dvaipayana Vyasa. The Upanishads are continuing the philosophy of the Brahmana literature with the Mahavakyas like Aham brahmasmi, Tattvamasi, etc. It means that one should be aware of his Brahma-tva to progress=integrate his Saguna with his Nirguna/Parabrahma-tva. Edited by Ishwa on 03/27/02 04:33 PM (server time).