𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

 

           

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असतो मा सद्गमय। 

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। 

मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय।

ॐ शांतिः शांतिः शांतिः

𝔹𝕙𝕒𝕘𝕧𝕒𝕕𝕘𝕚𝕥𝕒

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं

महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् |

बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं

दृष्ट्वा लोका: प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ||11.23||

O mighty-armed one! Beholding Your immense form—with countless mouths and eyes, arms, thighs, and feet; numerous bellies and fearsome tusks—all the worlds are stricken with dread, and so am I. 

This verse marks Arjuna's shift from wonder to visceral fear before Krishna's Universal Form, which embodies the totality of creation, preservation, and destruction. The terrifying imagery of multiple devouring mouths symbolizes time's inexorable consumption of all beings, evoking the sublime terror (bhayānaka rasa) of confronting Brahman beyond human comprehension. It underscores the limits of mortal perception when faced with divine infinity, prompting Arjuna's plea for mercy in subsequent verses.

𝕍𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕜𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕕𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚

मृत्कार्यं सकलं घटादि सततं मृन्मात्रमेवाहितं

तद्वत्सज्जनितं सदात्मकमिदं सन्मात्रमेवाखिलम् ।

यस्मान्नास्ति सतः परं किमपि तत्सत्यं स आत्मा स्वयं

तस्मात्तत्त्वमसि प्रशान्तममलं ब्रह्माद्वयं यत्परम् ॥ २५१ ॥

All clay products like pots are invariably nothing but clay. Likewise, this entire universe, born of the Real and of real essence, is wholly nothing but Being alone. Since nothing exists superior to Being, that Truth is the Self itself. Therefore, "Thou art That"—tranquil, stainless, supreme non-dual Brahman.

The verse employs the drishta-nyaya (perceived analogy): just as diverse pots are mere names/forms superimposed on unchanging clay (mṛt), the manifold world is a superimposition (vivarta) on the singular substratum Sat (Existence/Brahman). No independent reality exists apart from this Sat; multiplicity dissolves into unity. Culminating in "Tat Tvam Asi," it affirms the Atman as this supreme, peaceful, taintless Brahman—beyond duality, the ultimate truth piercing ignorance (avidya). This encapsulates Advaita: world as apparent (vivartavada), not ultimately real.

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