yad bhAvam tad bhavati - origin

[Kalyan K]

yad bhAvam tad bhavati - Can some one tell me the origin of this quote? Thanks.

[shankara]

Namaste,

I have heard it with some variation - यद् भावयति तद् भवति.

The following verse from Yogavasishtha Nirvanaprakaran Uttarardha also contains the same idea.

ना यथा यतते नित्यं यद्भावयति यन्मयः ।
यादृगिच्छेच्च भवितुं तादृग्भवति नान्यथा ।।  6.2.157.31

regards
shankara

On Friday 2 February 2018, 10:22:37 PM IST, Kalyan K <pk.k...@gmail.com> wrote:

yad bhAvam tad bhavati - Can some one tell me the origin of this quote? Thanks.

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[V Subrahmanian]

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:38 PM, 'shankara' via भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत् <bvpar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Namaste,

I have heard it with some variation - यद् भावयति तद् भवति.

The following verse from Yogavasishtha Nirvanaprakaran Uttarardha also contains the same idea.

ना यथा यतते नित्यं यद्भावयति यन्मयः ।
यादृगिच्छेच्च भवितुं तादृग्भवति नान्यथा ।।  6.2.157.31

regards
shankara

On Friday 2 February 2018, 10:22:37 PM IST, Kalyan K <pk.k...@gmail.com> wrote:

yad bhAvam tad bhavati - Can some one tell me the origin of this quote? Thanks.

The purport / principle of this is stated by Shankara in the Bhashyas by citing a shruti passage  in the Brahmasutra bhashya 1.1. Anandamayadhikarana introduction:     । एक एव तु परमात्मेश्वरस्तैस्तैर्गुणविशेषैर्विशिष्ट उपास्यो यद्यपि भवति, तथापि यथागुणोपासनमेव फलानि भिद्यन्ते ; ‘तं यथा यथोपासते तदेव भवति’ इति श्रुतेः, ‘यथाक्रतुरस्मिँल्लोके पुरुषो भवति, तथेतः प्रेत्य भवति’ (छा. उ. ३ । १४ । १) इति च । स्मृतेश्च — ‘यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेबरम् । तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः’ (भ. गी. ८ । ६) इति । 

In several other places too he cites this passage:   ‘तं यथा यथोपासते तदेव भवति’    and the ref is given as Shatapatha Brahmana 10.5.2.20. The Bh.Gita too has this idea in 8.6:

यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेबरम् । 
तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः ॥ ६ ॥

 भाष्यम्

यं यं वापि यं यं भावं देवताविशेषं स्मरन् चिन्तयन् त्यजति परित्यजति अन्ते अन्तकाले प्राणवियोगकाले कलेबरं शरीरं तं तमेव स्मृतं भावमेव एति नान्यं कौन्तेय, सदा सर्वदा तद्भावभावितः तस्मिन्भावः तद्भावः स भावितः स्मर्यमाणतया अभ्यस्तः येन सः तद्भावभावितः सन् ॥ ६ ॥

Maybe if a search is initiated with the word 'yadbhAvam' in a good Vedic/Upanishadic Concordance, there could be some result.

regards

subrahmanian.v 

 

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