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are not part of Brahman but Brahman itself

As a digression the author here considers the subject of Avataras. In the Gopalatapani Upanishad it is said (p. 195. Thirty-two Upanishads, Ananda Ashram Series).

There is one ruler, all-pervading, the Lord Krishna, the adored of all and though one shines forth as many, the wise who worship Him as seated in the throne of the heart enjoy eternal happiness but not so the others.

Similarly, in the Vishnu Purana it is said (I., 2. 3):

Salutation to that Lord Vishnu whose essential nature is one as well as many, who is both subtle and the gross, who is both manifest and unmanifest, who is the cause of salvation.

Here the Lord is called as one, in the sense of being tin whole, and is called as having many forms, in the sense of having taken many Amshakala Avataras.

Doubt: Now the doubt arises: Are theses Amsha-kala Avataras portions of Vishnu, in the same sense as the Jiva is a portion of the Lord, or is there any difference?

Purvapaksha: There is no difference between the Jivas and these Amsha Avataras, for both are Amshas or parts of .Brahman, and as such there is equality of attributes between them.

Siddhanta: This is not so, as shown in the next Sutra.

SUTRA II. 3. 44.

पाठभेद अपि च स्मर्यते प्रकाशादिवन्नैवं परः॥२.३.४४॥

pāṭhabheda api ca smaryate prakāśādivannaivaṃ paraḥ ..2.3.44..

…. Prakashadivat, like light and the rest. Na, not …. Evam, thus. … Parah, the highest, the supreme, the Avataras like the Fish, etc.

44. The Supreme Avataras like the Pish and the rest, are not thus Amshas of Brahman as the Jiva is; like the light and so on. — 262.

COMMENTARY

Though denominated by the term Amsha, the Avataras like the Fish and the rest, are not Amshas in the same sense as the Jiva is said to be. The word Amsha, applied to the Avataras, means the entire Brahman. This the author explains by the example of «light and the rest»: As sun is said to be light, and the firefly also is said to be light, yet the word light applied to the sun has altogether a different meaning from the word light applied to the firefly. There is no oneness of form between the sun and the firefly. Similarly, though the nectar and the wine are both liquids, and are equally termed liquids, yet they are not the same; in the same way the Avataras and the Jivas, though Amshas of Brahman, yet are not the same.

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