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Shri Raajiiva Gita: Chapter-3: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Between God and World (Verses 25-32)

(Brahma Jiiva bheda Vicāra Yogaḥ)

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Jaḍa ci jjagatas cohyāt,
nohyaṃ bhinnaṃ prapūrṇataḥ |
Parabrahma tato jīvāt,
bhinnameva samantataḥ॥

[Only the difference between the unimaginable-unmediated-omnipotent God or Parabrahman and the imaginable creation containing both inert and non-inert entities is complete difference. Since the soul is a non-inert entity of creation, the difference between Parabrahman and the soul is also complete difference only. This means that the imaginable creation is totally different from the unimaginable God.]

 

Anya bhedeṣu sāmyatvaṃ,
kiñcid asti tṛṇīkṛtam |
Sameṣvapi tṛṇo bhedaḥ,
vyaktitvaṃ bheda mūlataḥ॥

[Whenever the identification of an item comes into the picture, the separation of such item from other items is totally based on the difference only, irrespective of its quantity. In some items, the difference is predominant, but the similarity is very much negligible. In some other items, the similarity is predominant and the difference is negligible.]

 

Tṛṇīkṛtaṃ tyajantyatra,
kiṃ tu vaiśiṣṭya bhedataḥ |
Abhijñāne bheda eva,
gṛhyate'parimāṇataḥ॥

[Generally, similarity or difference is given importance based on its quantitative aspect. If the similarity is more, the two items are called similar and if the difference is more, the same two items are called different. But, in fixing the identification of any specific item, even the smallest difference is counted and in this context, the quantity of difference need not be taken into consideration.]

 

Sva sattā sthāpyate bhinnā,
samānāyas śalākayoḥ |
Paramāṇu vibhedena,
Madhva Siddhānta tarkataḥ॥

[If you take two iron rods having the same quality and the same quantity of iron, the difference is nil. But, even in this case, even if a very negligible difference is present, based on such atom-like difference, we can separate the two iron rods and each iron rod will get its specific identification. This point is the heart of the philosophy of Shri Madhva.]

 

Saguṇe para bhedo'sti,
vapussāmyaṃ ca varjayet |
Kaniṣṭhikā gireḥ Kṛṣṇāt,
dehabhedo'pi vidyate॥

[Even if we take the mediated-unimaginable God like Krishna, there is infinite difference between Krishna and any other human being because Parabrahman is present in Krishna and is absent in ordinary human being. We may establish the similarity between the media (bodies) of Krishna and ordinary human being. Even in the bodies, infinite difference exists because all the body of Krishna including soul is pervaded by Parabrahman and this is the reason why the tender finger of Krishna could lift a huge mountain.]

 

Sarvaśakti mataḥ kāmaḥ,
kuryāt Brahmavad aṅgakam |
Peṭī sāmye'pi vajrāśma,
bhedo kiṃ nāsti tattvataḥ?॥

[The wish of omnipotent God can make even a tender finger to become omnipotent like God. In other times, the bodies of Krishna and ordinary human being may be one and the same, still there is difference based on the value of the internal God and soul. The two external boxes may be exactly one and the same, but, in one box, diamond exists and in another box, a stone exists. Do these two boxes have the same value based on external total similarity of the boxes or do both boxes have different values based on the value of hidden items present in the boxes?]

 

Loke jaḍa jīva bhedāt,
vastu dvayaṃ hi vidyate |
Lokātīta Parabrahma,
tṛtīyaṃ nohya vastu sat॥

[In this imaginable creation, there are two types of items:- i) Inert items and ii) Non-inert items. But, the unimaginable God is beyond this creation and is neither inert nor non-inert. This is a third type of special specific item, which is unimaginable and omnipotent and can exhibit all the properties of inert and non-inert items in the required contexts. Therefore, the very core of God and soul are having infinite difference.]

 

Pratyakṣaṃ hi Parabrahma,
naropādhi vibhūtikṛt |
Anumeyaṃ narair vijñaīḥ,
dhūmenāgni rivācale॥

[You may ask for the proof of unimaginable God since the above-mentioned unimaginable-omnipotent item is not present in the creation. But, such unimaginable-unmediated-omnipotent God is coming in human form (medium) into this world and is exhibiting the unimaginable events proving that He is that God. Since the exhibited miracles are perceived by human beings, these human beings have to infer the unimaginable God through these exhibited unimaginable miracles. Even scientists have to agree the unimaginable God, due to the perception of miracles, like in the authority of the inference, you are inferring unseen fire on the top of a hill by seeing the smoke coming down, which is generated from that unseen fire.]

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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