
Sambhritidyuvyaptyapi chatah III.3.23
(382)
For the same reason (as in the
previous Sutra) the supporting (of the world) and pervading the sky
(attributed to Brahman in the Ranayaniya Khila) also (are not to be
included in other Vidyas or Upasanas of Brahman).
Sambhriti: supporting the world; Dyuvyapti: pervading the
sky; Api: also; Cha: and; Atah: for the same reason
(as in the previous Sutra). (Dyu: the sky, all the space, heaven).
A restriction to Sutra 5 is made.
In a supplementary text of the Ranayaniyas we meet with a passage, "The
powers, which were collected together, were preceded by Brahman; the
pre-existent Brahman in the beginning pervaded the whole sky."
Now these two qualities 'Sambhriti' and 'Dyuvyapti' are not to be inserted
or included in the Sandilya Vidya and other Vidyas for the same reason
as is given in the last Sutra, viz., difference of abode. In the Sandilya
Vidya, Brahman is said to have its abode in the heart "He is the Self
within the heart" (Chh. Up. III.14.3). The same statement is made in
the Dahara-Vidya "There is the palace, the small lotus of the heart,
and in it that small ether" (VIII.1.1). In the Upakosala-Vidya, again,
Brahman is said to abide within the eye "That person that is seen in
the eye" (IV.15.1).
Further these qualities and those mentioned in other Vidyas like the
Sandilya Vidya are of such a nature as to exclude each other and are
not suggestive of each other. The mere fact of certain Vidyas being
connected with Brahman does not constitute their unity. It is an established
fact that Brahman, although one only, is owing to the plurality of its
powers meditated upon in many ways, as shown under Sutra 7.
The conclusion, therefore, is that the attributes of holding together
its powers (Sambhriti and Dyuvyapti) are not to be inserted in the Sandilya
and similar Vidyas, and that the Upasana referred to in this Sutra is
an independent Vidya by itself. The Sandilya Vidya refers to the worship
of Atman in the heart and the Upakosala-Vidya refers to the worship
of the Atman in the eye, whereas the above attributes relate to the
macrocosm.
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