saptabhir daśa-guṇottarair aṇḍa-kośaḥ
saptabhir daśa-guṇottarair aṇḍa-kośaḥ
yatra pataty aṇu-kalpaḥ
sahāṇḍa-koṭi-koṭibhis tad anantaḥ
The universe covered by seven layers each ten times thicker than the previous layer, wanders about like an atom along with billions of other universes inside of you. Therefore you are unlimited.
The Lord has bee described as existing in all time. Now he is described as existing in all space. The universe is surrounded by seven layers of earth, water, fire, ether, ahaṅkāra, mahat-tattva and prakṛti,[96] each ten times thicker than the previous layer. The universe moves about in you (yatra). Therefore you are unlimited.
|| 6.16.38 ||
viṣaya-tṛṣo nara-paśavo
ya upāsate vibhūtīr na paraṁ tvām
teṣām āśiṣa īśa
tad anu vinaśyanti yathā rāja-kulam
O Lord! The blessings given to animal-like men thirsty for material pleasure, who worship devatās and not you, are destroyed when the devatās are destroyed, just as the blessings of a king upon his servants disappear when the king’s dynasty disappears.
After glorifying the Lord the devotee is glorified. But first the non-devotee is criticized. Vibhūtīḥ means the devatās. They worship devatās and not you. After the destruction of the devatās, their blessings also disappear. When the family of a king disappears, the blessings given by the family to the servants also disappears.
|| 6.16.39 ||
kāma-dhiyas tvayi racitā
na parama rohanti yathā karambha-bījāni
jñānātmany aguṇamaye
guṇa-gaṇato 'sya dvandva-jālāni
O Supreme Lord! Desires for material pleasure, directed to you, who are composed of spiritual knowledge and are different from the material guṇas, do not produce further material bodies, just as roasted seeds do not grow. The networks of duality causing rebirth arise from the material guṇas.
This verse shows the excellence of the devotee by kaimutika-nyāya. If desires for kingdom or other things are placed in you, then they will not result in getting another birth, just as roasted seeds do not sprout. This is because those objects take on good qualities. But if the desires are placed elsewhere (in other objects of worship), they sprout up. They are not like roasted seeds. You are pure spiritual knowledge (jñānātmani) devoid of material objects (aguṇa-maye). Just as an object which falls in a well of juice becomes juicy, when those material desires enter you, they become spiritual. How then can they be a cause of continued saṁsāra? The nets of duality arising from the guṇas are causes of saṁsāra.
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