The Light (is Vishnu only) as seen in Scripture.

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40. The Light (is Vishnu only) as seen in Scripture.

The ‘Chaturveda Sikha says, “Vishnu alone id light, Vishnu alone is Atman (Lord), Vishnu alone is Brahman (the perfect Lord), Vishnu alone is strength; (giver of strength), Vishnu alone.is glory (the cause of our glory), Vishnu alone is bliss.” Hence the Light spoken of here is none but Vishnu. Moreover, passing through the world is admitted also in the case of the Lord from the text, “He (the soul) with the omniscient Lord seated in him departs (from the body)” (Bri. VI. iii. 35).

Vishnu has been said to be the supporter of all. The same seems to be predicated of Akasha (the sky) in the text, “Akasha in fact is the. cause of all names and forms” (Ch. VIII. xiv. 1). By the phrase ‘in fact is implied that a well-known thing is spoken of (here). Accordingly the well-known sky is to be taken by the word ‘Akasha.

Here the Sutrakara says:

41. The Akasha (is Hari only) on account of its being spoken of as a thing of quite a different nature, etc.

For the text says, “That which is different from, or devoid of, name and form, is Brahman, etc. (Ch. V. 14. 1) it is also described as Brahman). Hence the Akasha (spoken of in the text) is Hari alone; for the characteristic of being different from, and destitute of, name and form belongs to the Lord alone, of whom Shrutis say, “That which is of no colour (and) beyond description.” “That from which speech recoils (powerless) and so on.” (Tait. II. 4). The Brahmapurana says, “The Lord is said to be of no name because He is not fully comprehended, and of no colour or form, because He is not contaminated by the elements (matter).”

Paramatman has been spoken of as being untouched (by all effected things, i.e., it is not influenced by ex-extraneous circumstances). But this seems to be said of one who sees dreams, etc., in the text, “By whatever may be then (in dream), he is unassailable; for this person is untouched (unconnected}” (Bri, VI. iii. 15). From the well-known experience, the subject of dreams is to be taken as the individual soul. So the Sutrakara says:

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