vikārāvarti ca tathā hi darśayati ..4.4.19..

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SUTRA IV. 4. 19.

विकारावर्ति च तथा हि दर्शयति॥४.४.१९॥

vikārāvarti ca tathā hi darśayati ..4.4.19..

.. Vikara, in the worldly life; the changing. … Avarti, not existing: Vikara avarti = Brahman, that in which change does not exist. Cha, and. .. Tatha, of that kind, .. Iti, because. … Sthitim, abiding, position. … Aha, says.

19. (The Mukta ever abides in) That who is changeless, because the Shruti also has declared such abiding. — 556.

COMMENTARY

«The changing» is this world of phenomena; for it is the six-fold modification, which every being in this world undergoes. That which does not exist in the changing is called Vikara-avarti. It is the changeless Brahman and the abode of Brahman, which also possesses all the attributes of Brahman. The Mukta dwells in all spheres, fully knowing all the laws that govern those spheres, and all the attributes and nature of the Lord, who has created those spheres. Through the might of his Vidya, he knows both the nature and the attributes of the Lord, free from the twofold covering. Thus the dwelling of the Mukta in these spheres, differs from the dwelling of the Samsati Jivas in thorn. «The Shruti also has declared such abiding». Thus the Katha Upanishad, V. 1., declares:

There is a town with eleven gates belonging to the unborn Brahman, whose thoughts are never crooked. He who meditates on Him (in the lotus of the heart) grieves no more, and being liberated (from Avidya. which covers the essential nature of Brahman) becomes free (from the Maya which veils the attributes 0f the Lord). This is that.

The above verse shows that the sage becomes free from the two-fold veils and being then free, he comes face to face with the Lord, and ever remains enjoying the highest end of man.

This covering or veil is really no covering on the face of the Lord: it is like the clouds covering the sun. As a matter of fact, the clouds do not cover the sun, but it is from the point of view of the observer on earth that the clouds appear to cover the sun. Similarly, these two coverings of the Lord (the Svarupa Avarika and the Guna Avarika) are not real coverings, existing in Brahman, but veils existing between the Jiva and Brahman, and existing in the vision of the Jiva alone and not in Brahman.

This we find clearly stated in the Bhagavata Purana:

The men of perverse intellect deluded by this Maya of the Lord, which stands shamelessly within the scope of their vision (putting a veil on it) mistakenly assert this is «mine», this is «I».

For as the cloud cannot really cover the sun, so this shameless Maya cannot cover the Lord, but only throws a glamour on the vision of the befooled man.

Says an objector: Since the highest end of man is to realise the essential nature of the soul, as intelligence and bliss, and as possessing the attributes of true resolve (Satya-Sankalpa) and the rest, where is the necessity of making further efforts to know God? To know the Self is enough.

This objection is answered in the next Sutra.

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