Different interpretations of the Bhagavadgita verses by different commentators often are a result of different ways of splitting the words.  A good example is: nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ.  This is interpreted by Śaṅkara to mean that there is no bhāva for asat, and there is no abhāva for sat.  Other commentators have read the line differently by punctuating it in a different way: nāsato vidyate 'bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ : There is no abhāva for either sat or asat.  The phrase traiguṇyaviṣayā vedaḥ nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna has similar different readings.  One reading says that the Vedas have the three guṇas as their domain (viṣaya), but, O Arjuna, free yourself from these three guṇas.  If I remember correctly, Madhva says traiguṇya-viṣa-yā vedāḥ : traiguṇyam eva viṣam, tad yāpayanti apagamayanti.

Madhav Deshpande

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:10 AM, Elliot Stern <emstern@verizon.net> wrote:
Here’s an example as explained in nyāyakaṇikā:

yathā śveto dhāvatītyekasmādeva vākyādarthadvayamavagamyate śuklo nirṇektīti ca kauleyaka ito drutaṃ  gacchatīti ca



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On 08 Feb  2015, at 15:25, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei@uchicago.edu> wrote:

well, there's always the famous prahelikaa verse:
eko viṃśati strīṇāṃ snānārthaṃ sarayūṃ gatāḥ | viṃśati pratiyātāḥ ca eko vyāghreṇa bhakṣitaḥ

where it all changes if you read:
eko 

Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études, 
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Pro
fessor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago


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