[INDOLOGY] Gita 13.6

[Walter Slaje]

A grammatically meticulous analysis of all words, their gender and
inflection, as they occur in the BhG, will be found here:

R.B.P.C. Divanji, Śrīmadbhagavadgītāvivecanātmakaśabdakośaḥ: Critical
Word-Index to the Bhagavadgītā. Reprint [of the edition of 1946]. New Delhi
1993.

I quote from the preface of A. Wezler: "There is no tool like this index
[...] Divanji's work remains unsurpassed. [...] compared to it, R. J.
Venkateswaran's Dictionary of Bhagavad Gita (Delhi 1991) looks like the
scribble of an absolute beginner."

Regards again,
WS


2017-08-23 4:17 GMT+02:00 Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> Dear HR-ji,
>
> noun not adjective.
>
> Yes, that is what I was about to point out.
>
> In 13.6, it is a part of categories into which the "knowable field" as
> opposed to the "field - knower"  is  divided.
>
> महाभूतान्यहन्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।
> इन्द्रियाणि दशैकन् च प~न्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥ 13\-6॥
>
> Similar is its use in 8-18, 8-20
>
> अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे ।
>
> रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसन्घके ॥ 8\-18॥
>
>
> परस्तस्मात्तु भावो अन्यो अव्यक्तो अव्यक्तात्सनातनः ।
>
> यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥ 8\-20॥
>
>
> The words element and dimension used by you are very apt.
>
>
> Interestingly it is both a dimension and element.
>
>
> Just for analogy, space and time in contemporary Physics are both
> dimensions and components. (Post Einstein, they are components of a
> continuum.)
>
>
> mahābhūtāni, indriyagoocarāh are part of the vyakta component. ahankārah,
> buddhih, indriyāṇi are parts of neither parts of the vyakta nor of the
> avykta.
>
>
> This vyakta, avyakta division has its foundations right from the rigvedic
> expressions such as
>
>
> pādōsya viśvābhūtāni tripādasyāmr̥tam divi.
>
>
> vēdāhamētam puruśam mahāntam ādityavarṇam tamasah parastāt.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 6:38 AM, HR via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Thank you. Actually, avyakta is often used as a straightforward
>> adjective, as in Bg 2.25. My interest here is when avyakta is used as a
>> noun, as in Bg 12.1, or even more to the point, 8.18,20.
>>
>> Howard
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2017, at 4:52 AM, alakendu das <mailmealakendudas at rediffmail.
>> com> wrote:
>>
>> Scholar,
>>                  The best way to comprehend Avykta or "The
>> unmanifested"is available in Gita itself.2.26(or may be 27,)says- A
>> chheddyam,Adahhyam,Akleddya,Ashoshya eba cha ,Nitya Sarvagata Sthanu
>> Chalayam ,Sanatana
>> ........Avyaktayam,Achintyam,Avikaryam ucchyate.The concept of Avyakta
>> in our Philosophy is dimensionless,although it
>> is the sole EXISTENCE. The fact that it is dimensionless, can be accessed
>> from this Upanishadic qoute- Ananu,Asthulam,Arhasham,A
>> ..dirgham....etc.," Avyaktam' is the Sumnum Bonum of our Vedanta
>> Philosophy.
>>                      Alakendu Ds
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from RediffmailNG on Android
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: HR via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
>> Sent: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:23:45 GMT+0530
>> To: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info>
>> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Gita 13.6
>>
>> Dear Scholars,
>>
>>    I would appreciate insights on how we might understand the use of
>> ‘avyakta,’ the ‘unmanifest’ in the Gita 13.6 and elsewhere as a type of
>> element or dimension of this world.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Howard
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