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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
सत्यं यदि स्याज्जगदेतदात्मना
न तत्त्वहार्निर्निंगमाप्रमाणता
असत्यवादित्वमपीशितुः स्या-
नैतत्त्रयं साधु हितं महात्मनाम् ॥ २३२ ॥
232. If the universe, as it is, be real there would be no
cessation of the dualistic element, the scriptures² would
be falsified, and the Lord Himself would be guilty of an
untruth. None of these three is considered either desirable
or wholesome by the noble-minded.
att fina
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[1No cessation etc. - The world in that case could never be elimi-
nated. Hence duality with all its ugly features will persist.
Scriptures etc. - According to staunch Advaitins, the numerous
Advaitic texts of the Srutis, comprising the highest philosophic thought,
are alone considered as bearing out their true import, to which the rest.
of the Vedas must be subordinated.
3The Lord etc. - Being the Revealer of the truths of the Srutis. Or
the allusion may be to Sri Krana's words in the Gita quoted in the
next verse. ]
ईश्वरो वस्तुतत्त्वज्ञो न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ।
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानीत्येवमेव व्यचीक्लृपत् ॥ २३३ ॥
233. The Lord, who knowst the secret of all things has
supported this view in the words: "But I am not in
them" ..."nor are the beings in Me..
[IKnows etc.-
Because He is Omniscient.
But etc. The reference is to the 4th and Sth verses of the 9th
chapter of the Gitä, which declare that all existence owes its being to
Brahman, which is its substratum, yet Absolute. ]
VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
सत्यं यदि स्याज्जगदेतदात्मना
न तत्त्वहार्निर्निंगमाप्रमाणता
असत्यवादित्वमपीशितुः स्या-
नैतत्त्रयं साधु हितं महात्मनाम् ॥ २३२ ॥
232. If the universe, as it is, be real there would be no
cessation of the dualistic element, the scriptures² would
be falsified, and the Lord Himself would be guilty of an
untruth. None of these three is considered either desirable
or wholesome by the noble-minded.
att fina
30
[1No cessation etc. - The world in that case could never be elimi-
nated. Hence duality with all its ugly features will persist.
Scriptures etc. - According to staunch Advaitins, the numerous
Advaitic texts of the Srutis, comprising the highest philosophic thought,
are alone considered as bearing out their true import, to which the rest.
of the Vedas must be subordinated.
3The Lord etc. - Being the Revealer of the truths of the Srutis. Or
the allusion may be to Sri Krana's words in the Gita quoted in the
next verse. ]
ईश्वरो वस्तुतत्त्वज्ञो न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ।
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानीत्येवमेव व्यचीक्लृपत् ॥ २३३ ॥
233. The Lord, who knowst the secret of all things has
supported this view in the words: "But I am not in
them" ..."nor are the beings in Me..
[IKnows etc.-
Because He is Omniscient.
But etc. The reference is to the 4th and Sth verses of the 9th
chapter of the Gitä, which declare that all existence owes its being to
Brahman, which is its substratum, yet Absolute. ]