5. Advaita view is contradictory to the Sutra

Owing to the apparent contradiction, seen in the scriptural passages the Advaitins classify the Vedas as Tatvavedaka or imparting true knowledge and Atatvavedaka or imparting i

wrong knowledge and they consider only Nirgunabrutis as Tatvavedaka, 655 Avedaka means communicating or aiming at reality. They state that the passages that aim at reality, ' (since according to the Advaita, Brahman alone is reality) are Tatvavedaka and others are Atatvavedaka. But this classification is not at all upheld by the sutrakara. Owing to apparent contradiction, it is not agreeable to group the scriptures as above. The third and fourth quarters of the second Adhyaya (Avirodhadhyaya) are meant to remove the apparent conflict or contradiction among the scriptural passages. There, it is proved that all scriptures are Tatvavedakas only. cun On the basis of personal experience as 'I am ignorant, ' it is not befitting to attribute Ainana or ignorance in Brahman and it is not the contention of the Sutrakara also. As already stated, all the sutras aim at the absolute distinction between Brahman and the soul. Both are of distinct nature. So personal experience as 'I am ignorant' proves that ignorance is a quality abiding in the souls, This The very experience does not prove ignorance in Brahman and cannot ham the Sarvajnatva or omniscience of Brahman. experience indicates that the soul's experience is an outcome of ignorance. 657 So the absolute distinction of the soul from Brahman remains unharmed. z