From, the very term (in scripture) it is proved that (the Highest Lord is meant).

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24. From, the very term (in scripture) it is proved that (the Highest Lord is meant).

From the (special term) ‘Vamana’, itself, Vishnu is understood to be (the one seated in) the middle, worshipped by all the gods. For here the characteristic (attributes of Vayu as shown above) cannot be more authoritative (conclusive) than Shruti (the meaning directly conveyed by the words). So it is said in Skanda, “The word, characteristic marks, parallel passages, the sentence, the context, the topic are-important according to their precedence (i.e., authoritative in the descending order). This is the principle to be observed in deciding as to the meaning of (the) Vedic passages. Moreover, the characteristic attributes which are here pointed out belong to Vishnu only; for He is spoken of as Prana in the text, “therefore indeed thou art Prana.”

25. (The Lord is said to be of the size of a Span, only with reference (to the room) in the heart, as the subject (of the scriptural passage) is the meditation to which men are entitled.

To say that the Lord, though omnipresent, is of the size of a thumb, is consistent with reference to the space in the heart. And there is no impossibility involved in it, for, though other beings have no thumb, the statement that Vishnu is of the size of a thumb is (consistently) explained, since the subject relates to men alone, even when the size is taken to be of the thumb severally of different individuals.

In the preceding Adhikarana, it has been said that only men are eligible for the study of the Vedas. (This restriction of study to men does not hold true; for the gods may also be eligible). But the restriction of the study to men was only meant with a view to excluding lower beings, etc., and not the gods, to intimate which the Sutarakara says:

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