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114 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 1. 2. 15 ADH 4.] If it be objected: How can an all-pervading being abide in a small locality,—(we reply) No inconsistency whatsoever is involved here Just as fire, though all-pervading, becomes visible in clouds and the rest in the form of lightning and so on through its own greatness, so the Lord, though all-pervading, becomes visible in the eye and the rest through His own special powers, for the sake of fulfilling the desire of His devotees. The words “and so on” mean:— On account of the designation of the form of the Supreme Soul, suitable to Him, and fit for abiding in a place,¹ celebrated in the following passages:—‘Now, this Golden Person who is seen within the sun, has a golden beard, golden hair’ (Chānd. 1 6 6), ‘He sees the Person, lying in the city, who is higher than the highest aggregate of souls’ (Praśna 5 5) “The Person, of the size of merely a thumb, smokeless like light’ (Katha 4.13) and so on; i.e. on account of the designation of the form of the Lord by the expression ‘The Person who is seen’ ² (Chānd. 4 15.1) By the term “and” His power of manifesting Himself in forms, as desired, in the eye, in the heart and the like, is indicated. SŪTRA 15 “ON ACCOUNT ALSO OF THE MENTION ONLY OF WHAT IS CHARAC- TERIZED BY PLEASURE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha That which is within the eye is the Supreme Being alone, “on account also of the mention of what is characterized by pleasure” in the passage: ‘Pleasure is Brahman, the ether is Brahman’ (Chānd. 4.10.4 ³). Vedānta-kaustubha The Person within the eye is the Highest Person alone, the cause of the world, and not any one else. Why? “On account also of the mention of what is characterized by pleasure.” That is, in the ¹ I.e. unless the Lord has a form, He cannot abide anywhere. Hence, the body of the Lord enables Him to abide in the eye and so on. ² I.e. that Person within the sun has a form is evident from the word ‘seen’, for a bodiless being cannot be seen. ³ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B.