Shloka:
prabhavaḥ sarvabhāvānāṃ satāmiti viniścayaḥ
sarvaṃ janayati prāṇaścetoṃ’śūnpuruṣaḥ pṛthak
Mandukya Karika Shloka 6:
Now we come to a fundamental topic. From 6th shloka to 9th shloka, the creation is explained. The world is explained. So far, the experience of the world is explained. Experience of the world is Atma or the Atma in the form of Taijasaḥ, Vishwa and Pragna are explained. Now, the creation is explained. There are a lot of theories of creation. What are a lot of theories of creation? So, in science, there is Big bang theory is there. After the Big bang, the creation happened. Then there is a Purana theory where from Narayana’s stomach Brahmaji came and Brahma started creation. Then there is a story in the Bible and Christianity that God one day decided to start creating and in 6 days he created the world and so on as some story.
In Mandukya Karika, Gowdapadacharya comes with a very fundamental theory. He says, “There is no creation”. He tells there is nothing called creation. Now he tells why there is nothing called creation. You are breaking your head because of this creation. Now if there is no creation then how you will break your head. Understand how there is no creation. So, for that, you need to understand the logic of Vedanta.
Let us say someone makes a pot. A potter is there, and he made a pot. Now, has he created the pot? He did something to create a pot. Now, what is pot? Pot is nothing but mud. When you are paying 50 rupees or 100 rupees, you are basically paying for mud. So, the original substance of the pot is mud, and this is given to you in a different shape. Just because it is given to you in a different shape, is it created? It has a utility. No one is questioning the utility. This pot can hold some water and all. But something which was in different shape is given to you, is it creation or just changing shape? It is what our students do know? It is like a typical PhD thesis. He takes a previous theisis and
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