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Shri Raajiiva Gita: Chapter-3: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Between God and World (Verses 18-24)

(Brahma Jiiva bheda Vicāra Yogaḥ)

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1-17 18-24    
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Cittāṃ vinā na bhāvas syāt,
laukyas tarko na tatra hi।
Ghaṭayatya ghaṭanārthān,
māyā śaktir mahā prabhoḥ॥

[The worldly logic applies to all items of the world. But, the same worldly logic fails in the case of God. The unimaginable power of the Lord of Lords can do all impossible actions in a fraction of a fraction of a second.].

 

Attā carācarasyāyaṃ,
nāgnis sakala bhakṣakaḥ।
Na pāṇi pāda ityukteḥ,
śrutau dhīcitta vāk paraḥ॥

[God is not fire, but, burns and swallows everything that is movable and immovable (Attā carācara grahaṇāt— Brahma Sūtram) in this creation at the end. He doesn’t have legs, but runs very fast and He doesn’t have hands but catches everything (Apāṇi pādo…- Veda). He is beyond intelligence (Na medhayā…, Yo buddheḥ parataḥ…- Veda). He is beyond mind (Aprāpya manasā…- Veda). He is beyond all words (Yato vāco nivartante…- Veda).]

 

Amatena mataṃ jñeyaṃ,
ajñātam iti jānatām।
Na tat samo nādhiko'sti,
na dvitīyaṃ ca kevalam॥

[If anybody thinks that he knows Brahman, he doesn’t know anything about Brahman. If anybody thinks that he doesn’t know Brahman, he knows at least a single point about Brahman that Brahman is unknowable. All should know that so far Brahman is not known by anybody (Avijñātaṃ vijānatāṃ…- Veda). Nobody is equal to God, not to speak of anybody greater than God (Na tat samaścābdhyadhikaḥ…- Veda). There is no even second item to God, not to speak of any equal item (Advitīyaṃ Brahma…- Veda). Such wonderful item having no item even in the second place is only one (Ekamevā…, Eko'haṃ…- Veda). People misunderstand that the meaning of these two last Vedic statements is that except God, everything else is absent.]

 

Lavaṇaṃ vārdhi mānāya,
magnaṃ lavaṇa sādhanam।
Vārdhau na dṛśyate Daivaṃ,
lokātītaṃ kva vijñatā ?॥

[Scientists always try to measure worldly items with the help of worldly means. The scientist himself is a worldly item. God is beyond the world. How can a scientist measure the nature of God, which is unimaginable to any human being? A salt doll jumped into the sea with the scale made of salt to measure the depth of the sea. Both the doll and the scale dissolved in the sea and disappeared. Where are the scientist and his scale in the sea?]

 

Kālākāśa paraṃ Brahma,
Kālākāśa mito naraḥ।
Tapo varṣa śataṃ kuryāt,
buddhi tarkeṇa na spṛśet॥

[God, in His original inherent unimaginable state, is beyond spatial dimensions and time. The human being is controlled by the four-dimensional space-time. Let the human being do very very serious penance for 100 years, it can’t even touch the nature of God. Such a human being, after doing penance for 100 years, can’t touch God even by intelligence and logic.]

 

Upāsanārthaṃ saguṇaṃ,
dṛṣṭaṃ dehena nohyate।
Datta Nārāyaṇo Brahma,
Parabrahmaiva nāparaḥ॥

[Such unimaginable and unmediated God, Parabrahman, is seen by the souls through His divine medium, which is like a human body. Even though He is seen through His media, still, He remains unimaginable. Everything seen need not be understood. Such seen Parabrahman is still unimaginable only and can do unimaginable events called miracles. The same Parabrahman is Nirguṇa Brahman (like a naked person taking bath in a closed bathroom and not seen by anybody) and also Saguṇa Brahman (like the same naked person clothed coming out of the bathroom is seen by all). Parabrahman Himself means unimaginable whether He is mediated or unmediated.]

 

Avatāre Parabrahma,
bahirantar vilīyate।
Kṛṣṇāṅgulistha śailo yat,
sarvaṃ Brahmaiva dehacit॥

[When Parabrahman merges with energetic or human medium to form energetic or human incarnation, Parabrahman merges with the soul internally as well as with the external body. Since the body also becomes Parabrahman, the tiny little finger of a small boy called Krishna could withstand the huge weight of the big mountain. The Veda also says that Parabrahman merges with the energetic being or human being both internally and externally (Antar bahiśca tat sarvaṃ, vyāpya Nārāyaṇas sthitaḥ— Veda). Both the external inert body and the internal living soul become God in forming the incarnation.]

To be continued…


Chapters:

Chapter-1: The Association of Enquiry of Correlation of Three Vedantic Philosophies

Chapter-2: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Between God and Soul

Chapter-3: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Between God and World

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