[INDOLOGY] Gita 13.6

Thu Aug 24 15:50:04 UTC 2017

Thank you Naturaj-ji.

My question essentially is: what exactly is the unmanifest aspect of the creation?

> On Aug 24, 2017, at 3:53 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear HR-ji,
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> If your question is, " Are the 'Avyakta' of 13.6 and 'Avyakta' of  8.18. one and the same?", 
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> then the answer is 'No' and 'Yes'
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> No, because the 'avyakta' of 13.6 is the unmanifest aspect /element of the creation during the vyakta phase of the creation. 
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> Whereas the  'avyakta' in 8.18 is the avyakta phase of the creation. 
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> Yes, because in 8.18 too 'avyakta is an aspect/dimension. In the avyakta phase, only avyakta aspect/dimension remains. All elements like Mahabhutani of 13.6, which exist in a vyakta aspect/dimension of them in the vyakta phase , change into their avyakta aspect/dimension during the avyakta phase.
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> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com <mailto:nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Dear HR-ji,
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> The two axiomatic principles of Bh G (Bh G time 'Hinduism' ) are :
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> nāsatō vidyatē bhāvah nābhāvō vidyatē satah. Bh G 2-16 (Existence does not come from non-existence and from existence non-existence does not come; i.e.,Nothing is created from nothing. Everything is created from something already in existence..Anything already in existence does not get destroyed)
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> (in fact as a corollary of this),
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> Time/creation is cyclic.
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> Based on these two , all the vyakta does not get destroyed at the end of a creation /time cycle. Then what happens to the vyakta at that stage? It withdraws into its avyakta form (because nābhāvō vidyatē satah) . What happens later? The new cycle of time/creation begins. What does that mean? All that is withdrawn into avyakta comes back into vyakta form. (because nāsatō vidyatē bhāvah) 
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> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:26 AM, HR via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
> Thank you, Nagaraj. I am still trying to grasp more clearly the sense of avyakta in verses like 8.18 — 
> avyaktād vyaktayah sarvāḥ prabhavanty ahar-āgame
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> How would you define the avyakta as the source of manifest individuals (vyaktayaḥ)?
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> Howard
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>> On Aug 22, 2017, at 7:17 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com <mailto:nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Dear HR-ji,
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>> noun not adjective.
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>> Yes, that is what I was about to point out.
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>> In 13.6, it is a part of categories into which the "knowable field" as opposed to the "field - knower"  is  divided. 
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>> महाभूतान्यहन्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।
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>> इन्द्रियाणि दशैकन् च प~न्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥ 13\-6॥ 
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>> Similar is its use in 8-18, 8-20
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>> अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे ।
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>> रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसन्घके ॥ 8\-18॥
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>> परस्तस्मात्तु भावो अन्यो अव्यक्तो अव्यक्तात्सनातनः ।
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>> यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥ 8\-20॥
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>> The words element and dimension used by you are very apt. 
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>> Interestingly it is both a dimension and element. 
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>> Just for analogy, space and time in contemporary Physics are both dimensions and components. (Post Einstein, they are components of a continuum.)
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>> mahābhūtāni, indriyagoocarāh are part of the vyakta component. ahankārah, buddhih, indriyāṇi are parts of neither parts of the vyakta nor of the avykta. 
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>> This vyakta, avyakta division has its foundations right from the rigvedic expressions such as 
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>> pādōsya viśvābhūtāni tripādasyāmr̥tam divi. 
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>> vēdāhamētam puruśam mahāntam ādityavarṇam tamasah parastāt. 
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>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 6:38 AM, HR via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto: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.
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>> Howard
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>>> On Aug 22, 2017, at 4:52 AM, alakendu das <mailmealakendudas at rediffmail.com <mailto:mailmealakendudas at rediffmail.com>> wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>> From: HR via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
>>> Sent: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:23:45 GMT+0530
>>> To: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
>>> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Gita 13.6
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>>> Dear Scholars,
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>>>    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.
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>>> Thanks,
>>> Howard
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> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
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> BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
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> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
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> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
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> Nagaraj Paturi
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> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
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> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
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> BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
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> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
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> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
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> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
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