nānā-śakty-udayasya ca
avyaktasyāprameyasya
nānā-śakty-udayasya ca
na vai cikīrṣitaṁ tāta
ko vedātha sva-sambhavam
O child! No one knows the plan of the Lord who is invisible and unfathomable, from whom numerous energies arise, and from whom you are born.
Who among these disputants establishes the truth? No one, since they are all ignorant of root cause of everything. The Lord cannot be revealed by childish intelligence (avyaktasya). The cause of this is that he cannot be measured by material proofs like sense perception (aprameyasya). Various śaktis such as time, karma and nature of things (svabhāva) arise from him. Taking shelter of one of these śaktis, they argue. But there can be no arguments about the cause of these śaktis. No one knows the plan of the Lord, from whom we arise? Bhīṣma said:
na hy asya karhicid rājan pumān veda vidhitsitam
yad vijijñāsayā yuktā muhyanti kavayo 'pi hi
O King, no one can know the plan of the Lord. Even though great philosophers inquire exhaustively, they are bewildered. SB 1.9.16
Śruti says:
ko ’dhā veda ka iha pravocat kuta ājātā kuta iyaṁ visṛṣṭiḥ arvāg devā asya visarjanenāthā ko veda yata āvabhūva
Who knows him? Who speaks of him? From whom was he born? From what was he produced? He precedes the devatās. Who knows from where he appeared for creating this universe. Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa 2.8.9.5.8
|| 4.11.24 ||
na caite putraka bhrātur
hantāro dhanadānugāḥ
visargādānayos tāta
puṁso daivaṁ hi kāraṇam
O son! These followers of Kuvera are not the killers of your brother. The cause of birth and death of living beings is the Lord.
The conclusion is given. The Lord is the creator and destroyer.
|| 4.11.25 ||
sa eva viśvaṁ sṛjati
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