Adikarana VII — Devas entitled to meditate on Brahman

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It has been mentioned in the last Sutra, that the scriptural texts teaching meditation on Brahman are the concern of men, because by so teaching it can be proved that the Highest Brahman has the size of a thumb. The Shastra, therefore, establishes that men alone are entitled to meditate on Brahman. But this is a wrong view. All those men who are on the path of gradual release (Krama Mukti) pass through the Deva evolution, and become Devas. If meditation on Brahman is enjoined only for men, then those men who have become Devas, are not entitled to meditate on Him. And thus the theory of gradual release would become meaningless, for there would be no release for Devas.

But Devas are entitled to meditation Brahman as we find from the following text of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (I., 4. 10)

Whoever of the Devas, knowing Brahman, meditated on Him he verily obtained Him, bo also among the Rishis, so also among the men.

Similarly, the following passage also shows that the Devas worship Brahman:

The Devas meditate on that Brahman who is the light of lights, who is the giver of life, and who is immortal.

Doubt: Here arises the following doubt. Admitting that meditation on Brahman is taught regarding the Devas in the same way as taught with regard to men, the question remains, is it possible with regard to the Devas, or is it not?

Purvapaksha: The Purvapakshin says such meditation is impossible with regard to the Devas, because they have got no sense organs and consequently they have got no capability to meditate. The Devas like Indra and the rest, are verily thought-forms, created by the chanting of Mantras, they have no physical sense organs. Consequently, on account of this absence alone, they have not the capability of meditation or the desire for the possession of such attributes as Vairagya or dispassion, Viveka or discrimination, etc. Hence the Devas are not capable of meditation on Brahman.

Siddhanta: To this the author replies by the following Sutra:

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