The Jiva cannot, be Brahman or the small ether, because the text says that the Jiva imitates Brahman. — 80.

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anukṛtestasya ca ..1.3.22..

.. Anukriteh, because of imitation. .. Tasya, his. .. Cha, and.

22. The Jiva cannot, be Brahman or the small ether, because the text says that the Jiva imitates Brahman. — 80.

COMMENTARY

The text of the Chhandogya Upanishad VIII., 7. 3, etc., shows that the eight-fold attributes therein mentioned, which are eternally present in the Dahara, is acquired by the Jiva through Sadhana, in the shite of Mukti. This Jiva is describe! in that section as covered by falsehood in ils prior state, and it is only when by meditation on Brahman, this covering of ignorance is torn asunder, then are manifested the eight-fold attributes of being free from sin, free from decay, etc., and it is in this state of Mukti that the Jiva, by getting the light, of Parabrahman, becomes like Brahman. The Jiva, therefore, merely imitates Dahara, and is called Dahara in a secondary sense. And it is a well-known thing that the imitation and the original are not the same. As we say in the sentence ‘Hanuman imitates the wind in swiftness’ which means that Hanuman is not wind but like it. Similarly, we find in another passage that the Jiva, in the state of Mukti, becomes similar to or imitates Brahman:

When the seer (i.e., the individual soul) sees the brilliant maker, the Lord, the Person, in whom Brahma» has his source; then becoming wise and shaking off good and evil, he reaches the highest similarity, free from passions. (Mund. Up., III. 1. 3.)

SUTRA I. 3. 23.

अपि स्मर्यते॥१.३.२३॥

api smaryate ..1.3.23..

.. Api, also. … Smaryate, it is traditioned.

23. The Smriti also declares this assimilation of the Jiva with Brahman, in the state of Mukti, in certain respects only. — 87.

COMMENTARY

Thus in the Gita also we find: …

Having taken refuse in this Wisdom and being assimilated to My own nature, they are not re-born, even in the emanation of a universe, nor are disquieted in the dissolution. (XIV, 2).

Thus this Smriti or Gita also declares that the Muktas become assimilated to the nature of Brahman and manifest some of the attributes. Therefore Dahara is the Lord Hari alone, and not any Jiva.

Adhikarana VI — He who is measured by a thumb is Brahman

Vishaya: In the Katha Upanishad, U, 4. 12-13, we read:

The person (Purusha), of Die size of a thumb, ‘stands in the ‘middle of the Self (body) as Lord of the past and the future, and henceforward fears no more. This is that.

That person, of the size of a thumb, is like a light without smoke, Lord of the past and the future, he is the same to-day and to-morrow. This is that.

Doubt: Here arises the doubt: Is the person of the size of a thumb, the Jiva or the Lord Vishnu?

Purvapaksha: The Purvapakshin maintains that the person of the size of a thumb is Jiva, because in the Shvetashvatara Upanishad, V, verses 8 and 7, the being of the size of a thumb is expressly stated to be the Jiva.

8. That lower one also, not larger than a thumb, but brilliant like the sun, who is endowed with personality and thoughts, with the quality of mind and the quality of body, is seen small even like the point of a goad.

7. But he who is endowed with qualities, and performs works that are to bear fruit, and enjoys the reward of whatever he has done, migrates through his own works, the lord of life, assuming all forms led by the three Gunas, and following the three paths.

Siddhanta: This objection the author answers by the Sutra, next given:

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