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Creation as per Srti TB-45

अथ चतुर्विम्शति तत्व उत्पत्ति प्रकारम व्क्ष्याम:|
atha chaturvimshati tatva utpatti prakAram vkShyAma:|

ब्रह्माश्रया सत्व रजस् तमो गुणात्मिका मया अस्ति|TB-45|
brahmAshrayA satva rajas.h tamo guNAtmikA mayA asti|TB-45|

atha = Now chaturvimshati = the 24-fold tatva utpatti = manifestation/creation prakAram = metholdoloty vkShyAma: = we (the royal "we" ) will tell you, the student..



This is a very significant assertion on the part of guru in explaining the creation of the universe.. Every holy book explains creation one way or the other.. AS Srti calls the entire creation mithyA, it also gives an explanation for the creation THOUGH THE SRTI INTENT is to make you swallow whatever it says..

Why so?

The world NEVER has an independent existence of its own.. it draws its entire creation sustenance and dissoution from brmha caitanyam.. so for the mithyA creation Srti also gives a mithyA model.. THOUGH it has some semblence of logical flow to it, Srti declares.. "you find something better, may you live long.. My purspose is to negate your misconceptions about creation, and help you focus on the INQUIRER..!"

BY THE WAY, THIS IS NEVER DONE ANYWHERE ELSE IN ANY OTHER MAJOR FAITHS..

VEDA GIVES AN EXPLANTION AND ALLOWS US TO CHALLENGE AND NEGATE IT.. What could be more logical than that?

And Srti here varies a little bit between the various branches.. for example taitrIya upaniShat will explain a five element model.. chandogya upanishat will explain a 3 element model.. Greeks have the four out of five element that Srti has.. so Srti being the oldest work in the world, you even begin to wonder if Greeks came to India to study atronomy and vedas from hindu scholars. These filve element model explained in Srti envelops the entire creation.. from the insentient to the sentient.

and the whole process is neatly divided into 24 sections. These steps expalain how the space air fire water and earth exist in pure elemental and well as gross element forms. mAyA makes her grand entry NOW!

ब्रह्माश्रया सत्व रजस् तमो गुणात्मिका मया अस्ति|TB-45|
brahmAshrayA satva rajas.h tamo guNAtmikA mayA asti|TB-45|

mayA asti = mAyA IS.. brahmAshrayA = that mAyA is dependent on bramhan ... guNAtmikA = her qualites are... satva = satvam .... rajas = rajas... and tamas = tamas.

Here the guru actually drops a nuclear bomb called mAyA.. it will not be explained afterwards.. nor was it introduced before ever..

When I was studying TB, I asked SDS "swamij, everything makes sense in TB, but I guess we need to accept mAyA as swallow it as such.." He smiled at me and said.."no no Mani, it is Srti based only.." There were a lot of people and I just accepted him as he said it.. remember one must rust the guru?

This question was stored in my Q box in the brain..then later, when I met SP, I asked him the same Q and told him what SDS told me.. he said "mAyA has been clearly defined in svEtAsvaropanishat 4-10"

What a great AcArya he is.. SDS always called him the teacher of teachers.. and now I knew why.. to pull a reference like that without "googling and convince me that Srti is an absolute pramANam and we just have to accpet her prAmANyam without questioning.. that takes incredible patience towards students like myself..!

Sv U 4-10 says "mAyAm tu prakRtim viddhi mAinam tu mahEshvaram"

May you understand mAyA to be the material cause of the entire creation.. and may yu understand the mahA Ishvara: as the mAyin or the one who controls mAyA.. thus he becomes tne "efficient" cause or the intelligent cause of this entire creation.

So one need not assume that mAyA needs to be ASSUMED..! If mAyA is mentioned in one place, THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE MUMUKSHU who acceps vEda as a pramANam.

The entire TB is ONLY for that person who accepts Srti as a means of knowledge.

NOT BEING ABLE TO USE SRTI AS PRAMANAM ALONE DROVE SDS CRAZY WHEN HE WAS STUDYING VEDANTA.

And it drove me too when I was going after the usual "POPULAR" mahAtmAs for avidyA removal..! May none of you make any of MY error!

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