वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[SŪ. 1. 4. 26. 262 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 7.] account of transformation'. The omniscient and omnipotent Brah- man, having transformed Himself into the form of the world by the projection of His power, becomes transformed, indeed, through His own nature, undeveloped, and possessing powers like creatorship, etc. Vedānta-kaustubha Brahman alone is the efficient and the material cause. Why? "On account of creating himself " That is, in the text: 'That itself created itself' (Tait. 2.7), He Himself is indicated as the creator of Himself, the object of creation,—the word 'kṛti' means creation,— on account of this. If it be objected: How can the fact that the Creator Himself is the object of His own creation be reconcilable?— the author replies: "On account of transformation". The omniscient and omnipotent Supreme Soul, non-deviating in nature, transforms Himself into the form of the world through the projection of His own powers, consisting in His own self and superintended by Him; on account of such a transformation everything is faultless. His powers are infinite and natural, as established by the following scriptural and Smṛti texts, viz. 'His supreme power is declared to be of various kinds indeed, and natural is the operation of his knowledge and power' (Śvet. 6.8). 'The ancient Person is possessed of a variety of powers, and the powers of others cannot be like them', 'Hundreds of positive powers, like creation and the rest, which are inconceivable to the com- prehension of all beings, may belong to Brahman, O best among the ascetics, as heat to fire' (V.P. 1.3.2 ¹). He projects them in the beginning of creation. The best among the sacred texts of the Śvetā- śvataras proves His non-dependence on another at the beginning of creation, as well as His being without an equal or a superior, thus: 'His action and organ do not exist, His equal or superior is not seen' (Śvet. 6.8). And the following scriptural and Smṛti texts are evidences with regard to His transformation or the projection of powers: 'Just as a spider creates and takes' (Muṇḍ. 1.1.7), 'Having entered into pradhāna (i.e. matter) and puruṣa (i.e. soul) through His own wish, Hari stirred up the mutable (viz. matter) and the immutable (viz. soul) when the time of creation arrived' (V.P. 1.2.29 ²), 'Just as a tortoise, having stretched forth its limbs, draws them in again, so the

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¹ P. 22. ² P. 16.