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XL viii Gauda pada-Karika तथैव यद् गौडपादाचार्यैः तुच्छमिति ध्वनितं तच्छङ्कराचार्यैः प्रणिन्दितम् । यद् गौडपादाचार्यैः निन्दितं तच्छङ्कराचार्यैः साक्रोशमधिक्षिप्तम् । यद् गौडपादाचार्यैः साक्रोशमधिक्षिप्त तच्छङ्कराचार्यैरनभिमतमिति परित्यक्तम् यद् गौडपादाचार्यैरनभिमतमिति परित्यक्तं तच्छङ्कराचार्यैरवस्कन्दितम् । यद् गौडपादाचार्यैस्वस्कन्दितं तच्छङ्कराचार्यैर्निमूलसन्मथितम् । संक्षेपत इत्थं प्रतिपादनीयं भवति-गौडपादानां परम्परया शिष्यभूताः शङ्कराचार्या गुरूणां गुरुतमैर्गौडपादाचार्यः प्रवर्तितं मायावादं न केवलं प्रतिपादयामासुः किन्तु स्वमतिविभवेन बुद्धिप्रभावेणातुलप्रतिपादनशैल्याप्रविहततर्कशक्त्या व्याख्यापयामामुः साधयामासुः प्रस्थापयामासुश्च । (Whatever Gaudapada intended to say in his Karikās, Sankarācārya has hinted in his Bhäşya. Whatever Gauda pāda merely hinted, Sankarácārya propounded. Whatever Gaudapāda propounded, sankarācārya proved by ___ reasoning. Whatever G. proved, S. established firmly. Whatever G. hinted as worthless, S. treated with contempt. Whatever G. treated with contempt, S. condemned outright. Whatever G.condemned outright,S. brushed aside unceremo. niously. Whatever G. brashed aside, S. threw overboard mercilessly. Whatever G. threw overboard, S. destroyed, lock, stock and barrel. __In short, Sankaracarya, the spiritual successor of Gaudapada. not only propounded the Māyāvāda adumbrated by his 'paramaguru' Gaudapāda, but expounded, promulgated, framed and established the same by his acute intellectual powers, unparalleled expository skill, and relentless logical reasoning". ] Gaudapåda's philosophical doctrine of Ajātivāda which he calls the Uttama Satya' is based upon the following basic ideas which he is never tired of emphasising in the Karikas. (1) प्रकृतेरन्यथाभावो न कथंचिद्भविष्यति । ( Nothing can ever change its nature; for, if it changed its natural characteristic even in the slightest manner, if would cease to be the original entity ).
