siddhantabindu /105
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'तदेतद्ब्रह्यापूर्वमनपरमनन्तरमबाह्यम्' इत्याद्याः श्रुतयो निर्विशेषमेव ब्रह्म
प्रतिपादयन्तीति पूर्वोक्तमेव द्रढयत्राह-
न चोर्ध्वं न चाघो न चान्तर्न बाह्यं
न मध्यं न तिर्यह्न पूर्वा परा दिक् ।
वियद्व चापकत्वादखण्डेकरूप:
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तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥ ५॥
130. Brahman, the Infinite, has been described in some
scriptures as "That which is very small, (Ch. u.i, 8,7)
"Smaller than the atom." (K.u. ii, 20) The soul has
also been described as "The person who is just as
large as the thumb", (K.u. iv, 12). "Is seen as smaller
than the end of the needle ", (S.u. v, 7). The Infinite.
is not different from the soul as described above.
Therefore He cannot be all-pervading. Such a doubt
may arise.
But scriptural passages like "This immortal
(principle) in front is the Infinite only; what is behind
is also the Infinite. On the right Brahman, on the left
is also the Infinite. Below and above also the Infinite
spreads. This beautiful universe is the Infinite only."
(M.u. ii, 2, II) "Therefore this Infinite is without a
before or an after, without an inside or an outside
(B.u. ii, 5, 19); indicate only the Infinite without any
attributes. Thus confirming what has been said
already, tbe Acārya says:
»
[Not above, not below, not inside, not outside
Not in the middle, not sideways, not the direction in
front or behind.
Because It covers space and is one and non-differenti-
ated in essence
Therefore I am the one, the residue, Siva, the abso-
lute.]
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'तदेतद्ब्रह्यापूर्वमनपरमनन्तरमबाह्यम्' इत्याद्याः श्रुतयो निर्विशेषमेव ब्रह्म
प्रतिपादयन्तीति पूर्वोक्तमेव द्रढयत्राह-
न चोर्ध्वं न चाघो न चान्तर्न बाह्यं
न मध्यं न तिर्यह्न पूर्वा परा दिक् ।
वियद्व चापकत्वादखण्डेकरूप:
-
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥ ५॥
130. Brahman, the Infinite, has been described in some
scriptures as "That which is very small, (Ch. u.i, 8,7)
"Smaller than the atom." (K.u. ii, 20) The soul has
also been described as "The person who is just as
large as the thumb", (K.u. iv, 12). "Is seen as smaller
than the end of the needle ", (S.u. v, 7). The Infinite.
is not different from the soul as described above.
Therefore He cannot be all-pervading. Such a doubt
may arise.
But scriptural passages like "This immortal
(principle) in front is the Infinite only; what is behind
is also the Infinite. On the right Brahman, on the left
is also the Infinite. Below and above also the Infinite
spreads. This beautiful universe is the Infinite only."
(M.u. ii, 2, II) "Therefore this Infinite is without a
before or an after, without an inside or an outside
(B.u. ii, 5, 19); indicate only the Infinite without any
attributes. Thus confirming what has been said
already, tbe Acārya says:
»
[Not above, not below, not inside, not outside
Not in the middle, not sideways, not the direction in
front or behind.
Because It covers space and is one and non-differenti-
ated in essence
Therefore I am the one, the residue, Siva, the abso-
lute.]
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