The soul is atomic, because the very word atom is applied to it, and because its measure is also given in the scriptures. — 239.

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SUTRA II. 3. 21.

स्वशब्दोन्मानाभ्यां च॥२.३.२१॥

svaśabdonmānābhyāṃ ca ..2.3.21..

…. Svashabdah, its own word, the very word Anu or atom. … Unmanabhyam, on account of the measure or comparison. … Cha, and.

21. The soul is atomic, because the very word atom is applied to it, and because its measure is also given in the scriptures. — 239.

COMMENTARY

In the Mundaka Upanishad, II., 1. 9, already quoted before, the word «Ann» is directly applied to the soul. Similarly, comparison of the soul is made with very small things, to show its measure or size. The word Unmana means «measuring a thing by comparing it with another». Thus in the Shvetashvatara Upanishad, V.,9, we find the following comparison:

The Jiva is to be known as part of the hundredth part of the point of a hair divided a hundred times, and yet it is to become immortal, and Mukta.

The word «Anantya» in the above verse does not mean infinity but deathlessness, namely, Mukti. The word ‘Anta’ means death. The condition of deathlessness is called ‘Anantya’. These two scriptural texts — the direct statement of the Mundaka Upanishad, and the simile of the Shvetashvatara Upanishad, show that the soul is atomic.

If it be objected that soul being atomic must be confined to a particular portion of the body and it could not perceive sensations extending over the whole body, the reply is thus given by the author.

SUTRA II. 3. 22.

अविरोधश्चन्दनवत्॥२.३.२२॥

avirodhaścandanavat ..2.3.22..

… Avirodhah, non-conflict, non-contradiction. Chandanavat, like sandal-wood.

22. There is no contradiction, because the sensation is felt as in the case of sandal oil. — 240.

COMMENTARY

A drop of sandal oil of the first quality called Hari Chandana placed in one part of the body causes a pleasant sensation all over the body, similarly, the soul though residing in a particular portion of the body perceives all that is going on throughout, the world. Thus it is in the Brahmanda Purana:

This soul though of the size of an atom pervades the whole body, just as the drops of Hari Chandana, placed in a particular part of the body, pervade throughout the body with their pleasant sensation.

Note: Soul dwells in the heart.

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