The Ether has no origin, because it is not heard in the above text of the Chhandogya Upanishad. — 219.

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SUTRA II. 3. 1.

न वियदश्रुतेः॥२.३.१॥

na viyadaśruteḥ ..2.3.1..

… Na, not. ..Viyat, Ether, Space, …: Ashruteh, on account of no Scriptural statement, on account of its not being mentioned in this text.

1. The Ether has no origin, because it is not heard in the above text of the Chhandogya Upanishad. — 219.

COMMENTARY

Ether is eternal and all-pervasive. It has no origin, because had it an origin the above text of the Chhandogya Upanishad would not have omitted to mention such a fact. Since there is such an omission in that Upanishad which treats of the successive origin of the various elements and confines itself, solely, to Fire, Water and Earth and is silent about Ether, we are right in asserting that Ether has no origin.

This prima facie view is set aside in the next Sutra.

SUTRA II. 3. 2.

अस्ति तु॥२.३.२॥

asti tu ..2.3.2..

.. Asti, is, there is an origin, ..Tu, but.

2. But there is the origin of Ether also. — 220.

COMMENTARY

The word «but» is used in this Sutra in order to remove the doubt raised in the preceding Sutra. The Ether certainly has an origin. Though the Chhandogya Upanishad does not mention its origin, we find it expressly stated in the Taittiriya Upanishad; and it is a well-known rule of interpretation that the omission of one text should be supplied from another when possible. …

From that Self (Brahman) sprang Ether (Akasha, that through which we hear); from ether air (that through which we hear and feel); from air fire (that through which we hear, feel and see): from fire water (that through which we hear, feel, see and taste); from water earth (that through which we hear, feel, see. taste and smell).

This text shows that Ether also has its origin in the Lord.

The Purvapakshin again raises the same doubt by explaining the above Taittiriya passage metaphorically. he says that the origin of Ether is not to be taken in its literal sense, but figuratively only. The Space or Ether being all-pervading, we cannot imagine its creation. Therefore, when any one says that Space is created, it is to be taken in a figurative sense. Thus as in a crowd, one may say «make space», which does not mean «create space», but to make room for some person by removing the crowd.

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