Argument
IPVV — V2-M ARGUMENT MAP (the ṣaṣṭho vimarśa: the anusandhāna and the states, kārikās 6–7)
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Question. Having examined the apohanaśakti (the removal-power), Abhinavagupta now traces how the consciousness, entering the states (the prāṇa, the buddhi, the puryaṣṭaka, the body), comes to identify with them and to deal with the world. The construction (vikalpa) is the joining of the "this" from the prior appearance by the impression (kārikā 6); but the *continuity* (anusandhāna) of the states — the self that runs through the body, mind, breath — is not a construction. And in the dealing, the Lord, entering the body, manifests the inner object-mass without, by the will (kārikā 7). This leads to the kṛtyapañcaka (the fivefold work: creation, standing, withdrawal, concealment, grace).
Issue. **The question:** Having examined the apohanaśakti (the removal-power), Abhinavagupta now traces how
the consciousness, entering the states (the prāṇa, the buddhi, the puryaṣṭaka, the body), comes to
identify with them and to deal with the world. The construction (vikalpa) is the joining of the "this"
from the prior appearance by the impression (kārikā 6); but the *continuity* (anusandhāna) of the
states — the self that runs through the body, mind, breath — is not a construction. And in the dealing,
the Lord, entering the body, manifests the inner object-mass without, by the will (kārikā 7). This leads
to the kṛtyapañcaka (the fivefold work: creation, standing, withdrawal, concealment, grace).
Premises
The states and the krama
The consciousness, descending into the known-form (the lower ground), takes up the void, the breath, the
intellect, the body — the prior-prior union, the order (krama). Even in the known-form space, the
all-possibility-bearing (the pervasiveness) is not entirely inert; then in the power-less wind (the
spanda-śakti, not-separate-from-the-sky, form-less); then in the form-possessing light (tejas); then in
the light-less water (that can receive the other); then in the not-receiving, dense, coarse earthly —
the pramātṛ-conceit descends, by degrees, to the lowest. For the non-yogins, the mere void is not
dealt-with; with respect to the world, the touch-form breath (the prāṇa, taking up the void-following),
with the fire-connection-excess, is said to be first. Hence the consciousness's transform
Unresolved. 1. The Gītā 15.8 and the Spandakārikā 7 citations — cited; the applications preserved.
2. The "hastina iva taṭe" (the elephant in the mud-bank) image — the consciousness's descent; kept.
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