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Are The Terms Brahman Paramatma and Bhagavan Represent Different Entities PDF
Are The Terms Brahman Paramatma and Bhagavan Represent Different Entities PDF
Are The Terms Brahman Paramatma and Bhagavan Represent Different Entities PDF
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are the terms brAhman, paramAtma and bhagavAn represent different entities
BrAhman, ParamAtma and BhagavAn
In Gaudiya vaishnava sAmpradAya, often the three words are referred to represent three different entities,
namely "nirguna(impersonal) Brahman, all-pervading consciousness, Personality of Godhead". Let us
examine the correctness of this notion.
vadanti tat tattva-vidaH tattvam yat jn~Anam advayam |
bramha iti paramAtma iti bhagavAn iti SabdyatE ||
( Srimad Bhagavatha Purana 1.2.11 )
The following is the summary of what has been rightly explained by the SrI VaishNava AchArya SrI
VIrarAghavAchArya :
The previous verse
".....jIvasya tattva-jijn~AsA na arthaH ...." (1.2.10)
states that, the objective of a jIvAtma is "tattva-jijn~Asa" ie.Knowledge of the "Tattva" / Enquiry into Tattva.
The next verse (1.2.11), states as to which "Tattva" it is.
< Note: Basically it is the Bramhan. The very first sUtra in VEdAnta SUtras state about the "athAso
Bramha jijn~Asa" >
anvayam (word to word) in English :
tattva-vidaH = Wise-Men knowledged about this Tattva;
vadanti = say;
tattvam = tattvam ;
tat : as that
advayam : No equal Or Superior ;
a-avayam = No avaya-bhEda => No internal distinctions through various parts {ie.No distinctions in its
essential nature anywhere ; ex:Not like a body which has various distinctions like ear,nose,hand, etc};>
advayam jn~Anam => jn~Anam which is advayam yat : which is SabdyatE : sounded so
bramha iti : as Bramha ;
paramAtma iti : as ParamAtman bhagavAn iti :
and as BhagavAn.
anvayam in Sanskrit : yat advayam jn~Anam bramha iti paramAtma iti bhagavAn iti SabdyatE tat
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athAto "brahma" zignAsA - Then thereafter be inquisitive to enquire about "the Absolute"
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