Re: SadaschAham Arjuna !
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
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Namaste,
Whenever God/Brahman is described, we find use of directly opposite entities that describe Him/It. In BG Lord Krishna says, "SadschAham Arjuna" ===> meaning I am Sat and also Asat. How can one entity be described by two exactly opposite entities ? How can He be both Sat and Asat simultaneously ?
What is Sat ? There are different meanings of Sat in different contexts but here Sat means "Existence" or "whatever exists". Accordingly, Asat is "whatever doesn't exist". So, what does that statement mean ? ===> I am both Existence and Non-existence !
Just looking at this part only and not inferring any other ideas I see this as meaning I am existence ( sat) and everything that is yet to exist (asat). I align this to some of the 1st words kṛṣṇa-jī offers in the bhāgavad gītā (2.12): There never was a time when I was not, nor you, nor these rulers amount men. Nor will there ever time a time when all of us will cease to be.
We know kṛṣṇa is not talking of our transitory self as a individual that comes and goes. He suggests one's immutable Being.
So, this sat of existence is what has manifested as this known universe ( all the tattva-s within and outside of us - all of creation as far as one can think and comprehend);
and if we look to the unmanifest , that is the level of creation that is yet to be. We could from a scientific point of view call it the unified field. It is the home of just pure potential,
the home of all the laws, but none have come into being, none have manifest. This ( to me) is the asat part as I see it.
...other opinions may vary.
iti śivaṁ
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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