PGS : Atma Bodha - Verse 08

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Atma Bodha Verse 08 :

upAdAne akhilAdhAre jaganti paramEshvarE |

sargasthitilayAnyAnti budbudAnIva vAriNi ||

 

Translation :

The material cause and the support of all the worlds is the

Supreme God.

[The World] arises, rests and dissolves [ in to the Supreme

God ] just as bubbles in water.

 

Explanation :

The subject matter of this verse is causation i.e. from

where does matter come from? In the last couple of verses,

jagam(world) was discussed from the individual point of

view

i.e. as perceived by the individual. Now, it is discussed

from the cosmic point of view.

Immediate attention should be drawn to a word which we

have not seen so far in this text - paramEshvara. Ishvara

is

a very key concept in Advaita along with avidya, jnAna,

Atman and brahman, that we have seen so far. Advaita admits

of a Supreme Being ( called God in English ) who is

responsible for determining our birth as per our prarAbdha

karma.

In this verse, causation is explained with reference to

Ishvara. At the outset, it needs to be mentioned that most

Indian philosophies do not accept creation ex-nihilo i.e.

creation from nothing ( which is the official position of

the Roman Catholic Church ). Ishvara is the material and

efficient cause of this Universe i.e. Ishvara is the

Creator

and the "substance" of the Creation. This is explained as

the world arising out of God, abiding on God and arriving

in to God. This should be understood as follows : God is

the source, sustenance and destiny of the Universe.

The word "sarga" deserves special mention. It means

"arising or drawing". The correct word in sanskrit for

creation is "srishti". Hence, the world is not "created"

but

is "projected" by God, sustained by God and eventually

returns to God just as bubbles arise out of water, are

supported by water beneath and eventually "blow" out and

return to water. The bubble is nothing but a projection of

of the water below and cannot sustain itself without the

support of the water below.

 

|| bhava Shankara deshikame SharaNam ||

 

 

 

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