Namaste
some questions come to my mind when I see Krishna has been described illusion or in terms of an equation.
To me, jnan in Gita comes directly from sri Krishna whom some call sagun brahma whereas the jnan in uapanishad comes indirectly from rishies and Gita is also regarded thirteenth Upanishad. so in every step seeking quotation from Upanishad is not justified. Gita has not come from nirgun sri Krishna. when Sri Krishna says “ mama maya” , it does mean that he is the master of maya. it is not that if there is no maya , there is no Krishna ; Krishna controls maya , Krishna is not dependent on maya for existence. How far it is right to say Krishna = Brahman + maya. Is it 2 + 2 = 4 ? ? can swarup of sri Krishna be explained in terms of so simple equation. which Upanishad tells that Brahman + maya = Krishna ? Is this equation derived from Gita itself. does any scripture say that if Brahman is not added to maya there will be no sri Krishna. I think Gita is misunderstood. Sri Krishna says I am the abode of Brahman. I control maya. ‘I’ definitely mean sagun sakar Krishna to whom arjuna is speaking. when people unable to define or describe or even think of Brahman or maya how can they define Krishna with the help of Brahman and maya ?
I do not understand how can maya or ajnan associate itself with Brahman . Does it mean that maya is more powerful than Brahman or how can a nirgun nirvishes Brahman have a power like maya of its own?
who comes first brahman or maya ? definitely Brahman comes first. where does nirgun Brahman get maya to become sagun iswara. If Brahman is supreme nirgun without second what is need of nirgun Brahman to become sagun. only nirgun Brahman is real and rest is superimposed on nirgun brahman done by maya then what is the function of sagun Brahman ? does illusion need any care ?
If Krishna is illusion a game of mind then who is telling arjuna Gita ? Are veda and Upanishad also illusion or not. Is knowledge from veda, Upanishad and Gita also illusion . Krishna illusion, arjuna illusion ,gita is also illusion only Brahman real. I think the swarup of Brahman or maya should not be discussed at convenience that it is like this or not like this. Has anybody come back to tell how he experienced Brahman or maya ? therefore ,It is better to rely on what bhagavan sri Krishna himself describes about himself and maya and also jagat. Krishna says that “ it is under my lead that prakriti brings forth all things, both animate or inanimate” - does it seem illusion ?
Is only Krishna = Brahman + maya ? what about Vishnu, ganapati, surya, lakshmi, Ram, Shiva. are these also Brahman + maya ?
It is very easy to tell that Krishna = Brahman + maya. what is the swarup of maya ? what is the relation between Brahman and maya ,whether Brahman is the source of maya or it is an independent of brahman ? how Brahman is called nirgun nirvikara if it has got maya as its power. It is said that where there is brahman or jnan there is no maya but here it is stated so easily that Krishna = Brahman + maya . if there is Brahman + maya then there must be brahman – maya, what is that ?
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