An interesting observation on the epithet 'sampradayavit' by Shankara

[V Subrahmanian]

The epithet 'sampradayavit' is employed by Shankara in the prasthana traya bhashya on the following four occasions:

तथा च सम्प्रदायविदो वदन्ति — ‘मृल्लोहविस्फुलिङ्गाद्यैः सृष्टिर्या चोदितान्यथा । उपायः सोऽवताराय नास्ति भेदः कथञ्चन’ (मा. का. ३ । १५) इति ।  Brahma sutra bhashya 1.4.14  (The cited verse is Gaudapada Karika 3.15)

अत्रोक्तं वेदान्तार्थसम्प्रदायविद्भिराचार्यैः — ‘ अनादिमायया सुप्तो यदा जीवः प्रबुध्यते । अजमनिद्रमस्वप्नमद्वैतं बुध्यते तदा’ (मा. का. १ । १६) इति । Brahmasutra bhashya 2.1.9 (The cited verse is Gaudapada Karika 1.16)

तथा हि सम्प्रदायविदां वचनम् — ‘अध्यारोपापवादाभ्यां निष्प्रपञ्चं प्रपञ्च्यते’ ( ? ) इति ।

Bhagavadgita bhashyam: 13.13 ((The cited verse is Gaudapada's Uttara Gita Bhashya)  

अत्र च सम्प्रदायविद आख्यायिकां सम्प्रचक्षते — कश्चित्किल राजपुत्रः  Brihadaranyaka Up.bhashya 2.1.20  (This is a story related by Shankara as popular in some text not known to me.)

What is surprising is that all the first three instances are from Gaudapadacharya's pen.  The third one, Uttaragita bhashya, is largely admitted as a genuine work of Gaudapadacharya. Could it be that Shankaracharya knew this work of his Paramaguru? 

regards

subbu 

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Subbuji,

That is certainly new information - I hadn't encountered the view that the famous quote अध्यारोपापवादाभ्यां निष्प्रपञ्चं प्रपञ्च्यते was from the uttaragItA. Do you happen to have a reference to a verse number? I have read a statement, which appears speculative to me, that it is from sundarapANDya's vArttika.

Re the AkhyAyikA from Br 2.1.20, Anandagiri says that it is from draviDAchArya's work, again, name unknown.

तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यमैक्यपरं तच्छेषः सृष्ट्यादिवाक्यमित्युक्तेऽर्थे द्रविडाचार्यसम्मतिमाह — अत्र चेति । 

Regards,

Venkatraghavan

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[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 1:07 AM Venkatraghavan S <agni...@gmail.com> wrote:

Namaste Subbuji,

That is certainly new information - I hadn't encountered the view that the famous quote अध्यारोपापवादाभ्यां निष्प्रपञ्चं प्रपञ्च्यते was from the uttaragItA. Do you happen to have a reference to a verse number?

Namaste

In the Uttaragita bhashya text https://adbhutam.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/uttara-gita_and_gaudapada_comm._1910.pdf     Sri Gaudapadacharya mentions in the avatarika to the verse 1.7:  

We are not very sure whether that line is a composition of the Acharya or it is a citation of someone else's words.

regards

subbu  

 

I have read a statement, which appears speculative to me, that it is from sundarapANDya's vArttika.

Re the AkhyAyikA from Br 2.1.20, Anandagiri says that it is from draviDAchArya's work, again, name unknown.

तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यमैक्यपरं तच्छेषः सृष्ट्यादिवाक्यमित्युक्तेऽर्थे द्रविडाचार्यसम्मतिमाह — अत्र चेति । 

Regards,

Venkatraghavan

On Tue, 18 May 2021, 19:08 V Subrahmanian, <v.subra...@gmail.com> wrote:

The epithet 'sampradayavit' is employed by Shankara in the prasthana traya bhashya on the following four occasions:

तथा च सम्प्रदायविदो वदन्ति — ‘मृल्लोहविस्फुलिङ्गाद्यैः सृष्टिर्या चोदितान्यथा । उपायः सोऽवताराय नास्ति भेदः कथञ्चन’ (मा. का. ३ । १५) इति ।  Brahma sutra bhashya 1.4.14  (The cited verse is Gaudapada Karika 3.15)

अत्रोक्तं वेदान्तार्थसम्प्रदायविद्भिराचार्यैः — ‘ अनादिमायया सुप्तो यदा जीवः प्रबुध्यते । अजमनिद्रमस्वप्नमद्वैतं बुध्यते तदा’ (मा. का. १ । १६) इति । Brahmasutra bhashya 2.1.9 (The cited verse is Gaudapada Karika 1.16)

तथा हि सम्प्रदायविदां वचनम् — ‘अध्यारोपापवादाभ्यां निष्प्रपञ्चं प्रपञ्च्यते’ ( ? ) इति ।

Bhagavadgita bhashyam: 13.13 ((The cited verse is Gaudapada's Uttara Gita Bhashya)  

अत्र च सम्प्रदायविद आख्यायिकां सम्प्रचक्षते — कश्चित्किल राजपुत्रः  Brihadaranyaka Up.bhashya 2.1.20  (This is a story related by Shankara as popular in some text not known to me.)

What is surprising is that all the first three instances are from Gaudapadacharya's pen.  The third one, Uttaragita bhashya, is largely admitted as a genuine work of Gaudapadacharya. Could it be that Shankaracharya knew this work of his Paramaguru? 

regards

subbu 

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[V Subrahmanian]

Here is a link to the complete text of the Uttaragita bhashya of Gaudapadacharya:  https://adbhutam.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/uttara-gita_and_gaudapada_comm._1910.pdf

regards

subbu

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On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 1:07 AM Venkatraghavan S <agni...@gmail.com> wrote:

Namaste Subbuji,

That is certainly new information - I hadn't encountered the view that the famous quote अध्यारोपापवादाभ्यां निष्प्रपञ्चं प्रपञ्च्यते was from the uttaragItA. Do you happen to have a reference to a verse number?

Namaste

In the Uttaragita bhashya text https://adbhutam.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/uttara-gita_and_gaudapada_comm._1910.pdf     Sri Gaudapadacharya mentions in the avatarika to the verse 1.7:  

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