But Brahman is both bliss and the blissful, on account of 8or,ipture declaring Him as both, even as the serpent’s coils.

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28. But Brahman is both bliss and the blissful, on account of 8or,ipture declaring Him as both, even as the serpent’s coils.

In such Shrutis as the following, “He who knows the bliss of Brahman” (Tait. II. 4); “Now he is the perfect bliss” (Bri. VI. 3. 33), the Lord being spoken of both as the blissful and bliss, both conceptions are admissible just as it is in the case of the coils of the serpent, i.e., just as the serpent is one having coils, and is also coils. By the term, ‘But’, the Sutrakara points out (that Brahman and His attributes) being known only through scripture, (no contradiction or inconsistency should be supposed to arise from reasoning).

29. Like that (the sun) which is the abode of light as well as light, Brahman’s both the quality and, the qualified (lustre and the lustrous), on account of His being of lustrous character.

Or the illustration may be taken thus: just as the sun is both lustre and the lustrous, so is Brahman; for Brahman (like the sun) is essentially of the luminous nature.

30. Or like prior time.

Just as the same Time when it is spoken of as prior Time becomes the measure and the measured, so also Brahman is both bliss and the blissful. This illustration is given for the satisfaction of those minds that are capable of perceiving very subtle distinctions. The illustration of the serpent’s coils is meant to inform the dull-witted. This is said in the Narayanadhyatma: “Though the bliss of the Lord and of the released (souls) is identical with their essential nature, it is still spoken of as something related to them, as in the case of light or time; though bliss, is absolutely identical with Brahman, it is spoken of as a property of His, by virtue of the principle (Vishesha) of viewing an identical thing in different aspects; just as the state of sleep which is nothing different from the body in sleep, is spoken of as being related to the body, as if it were a different thing, for example, in the phrases, ‘the body in sleep’, ‘the body sleeps;” also in the Padma: Brahman and His bliss which are identical are spoken of as the qualified and quality just as light or time (which becomes its own measure) is”.

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