In the following video, the Dvaita scholar is continuing to provide more reasons to prove Sri Adi Shankaracharya as an incarnation of the demon, Maniman :
ಅದ್ವೈತಿ ಭಕ್ತನು ಜಗನ್ಮಾತೆಯರ ಪಾತಿವ್ರತ್ಯವನ್ನು ನಾಶ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದ ಶಂಕರರು ಗೌರವಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಹರೇ?
Here is a high level summary of the above video:
In the Soundarya lahari, Acharya Shankara has written that a
true Advaitic devotee of the Devi, will get to become equal to Brahma and
Vishnu and will enjoy the company of their consort godesses like Saraswathi,
Lakshmi and Rathi and will even attract them with his beauty, so much that they
would even shirk from their Paativratyam or chastity. So, this is obviously
demonic and proves that Shankara is the demon, Maniman.
Advaitin's Reply:
This may apparantly appear to be demonic when the text is seen through the lens of Rajas and Tamas. But from the sattvic view point, the
Advaitic Bhakta is only a child of the divine parents of Ishwara and Parvati who is the mAya shakti. The Advaitic devotee who is actually a jnAni is just a witness for the passtimes of the
Ishwara and His mAyA shakti, manifesting in the form of all the many gods and godesses like Brahma-Saraswathi, Vishnu-Lakshmi and Manmatha-Rathi and so on. The devotion of such a devotee-JnAni who is a non-doer and non-enjoyer (with no karthrutva
or bhoktrutva ) is nothing but an expression of pure love to
the divinity, similar to Gopika bhakti towards Sri Krishna. That kind of a spiritual or pure devotion
should never be reduced or compared to the mundane human lust.
He could be considered "equal" to Brahma, Vishnu and Manmatha only in similarity of their auspicious gunas or attributes. Advaitic devotee's sankalpa aligns or becomes one with that of Ishwara, which is always directed towards loka kalyana, jagat or dharma rakshana. The entire world of nature or prakruti is the Mother and Ishwara as the husband, is her protector. Like wise, Advaita jnAni who is their child, is also a protector of Dharma or Jagat or Prakruthi who is also in the form of his mother. The Vishnu Purana clearly states that all feminine forms are of Lakshmi and all masculine forms are Vishnu. All the godesses like Saraswathi, Lakshmi, Rathi and so on are different forms of the mother only for an Advaita jnAni-Bhakta. So as a protector of his Mother, he can be considered as her "husband" also. The words 'sapatna" or "samana" in Soundarya lahari, should only be interpreted in this sattvic way. There is only pure unadulterated love or prema between Ishwara and his consort in the spiritual realm with no tinge of earthly "lust".
The Vedic mantra that is used in marriages states -
"AtmA vai putra nAmAsi" which means that the husband himself is born
as the son from his consort. The devotee is a child and Ishwara and his consort
Shakti are his divine parents. The reference to the advaitic devotee
"enjoying" the company of the godesses should only be taken as a child
enjoying the company of it's mother. The so called "shirking from
pAtivratyam or chastity" of the divine mothers, is nothing but the pure
motherly love and appreciation of the devotee child, who, due to his constant
contemplation, acquires similar gunas and attributes of his divine father,
Ishwara!
So, there is no such thing as shirking from Paativratyam or chastity, on
the part of the divine mothers and there is no such thing as advaitic devotee
becoming equal to Brahma or Vishnu.
Objection: Then why did Shankara not explicitly state the Advaitic devotee as the child of the Mother? He himself has interpreted the word "sapatna" as a "shatru" or enemy, elsewhere. So the above interpretation goes against that.
Explanation: Yes, in the act of protecting His mother (Parkruthi / Nature / Dharma) Advaitic jnAni bhakta could also be considered as a "enemy" or "competitor" for Ishwara in a positive sense, because such a jnAni, unlike Ishwara, will not hate his haters also, just like sage Vasishta tolerating all the hardhips caused by Vishwamitra!
Namaste
Suresh
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