Because the whole universe trembles from fear of Him, therefore the Person of the size of a thumb and the thunderbolt refer to Brahman. — 103.

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SUTRA I. 3. 39.

कम्पनात्॥१.३.३९॥

kampanāt ..1.3.39..

... Kampanat, because of trembling.

39. Because the whole universe trembles from fear of Him, therefore the Person of the size of a thumb and the thunderbolt refer to Brahman. — 103.

COMMENTARY

The word «thunderbolt» occurs here between two verses describing the, Person of the size of a thumb, namely II., 4. 12 and II., 6. 17, and the whole world, is said to tremble from fear of him, therefore the context as well a8 the description shows that the thunderbolt means Brahman. Even in the Brahmavaivarta Purana we find the following:

The Lord Vishnu is called Chakra (generally translated as discus), because He is in constant rotatory motion and goes everywhere (Chankramana), and He is Vajra or thunderbolt because He regulates (Varjana) the universe; and He is called the Khadga or the sword because He cuts asunder (Khandana) the evil-doer; and Hari is called Heti because He is the Saviour.

Therefore, when Vishnu is represented as having a Chakra or discus, a Vajra or thunderbolt, and a Khadga or sword, in His hand, it means that He is All-pervading and keeps the universe in constant motion, that he is the great Regulator and the Destroyer of all evil. And the Scripture always described the Supreme Self as the life of the world (Prana), and one of whom every one is in terror. That Scriptural idea that He is a great terror is symbolized in this verse by one expressive term «Vajra», the thunderbolt, denoting that all beings move in their proper sphere and do not transgress it, because He is the great Regulator. This epithet ‘Vajra’ applied to the Person of the size of a thumb shows that, that Person is Brahman. Cf., Tait. Up., II., 8. 1.

SUTRA I. 3. 40.

ज्योतिर्दर्शनात्॥१.३.४०॥

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