The designation is to aid the understanding, as in the case of the word ‘foot’.

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34. The designation is to aid the understanding, as in the case of the word ‘foot’.

For the purpose of inculcating into our mind the relation between the Lord and the soul, though he is distinct from the Lord’s forms (Amshas) and quite unlike the limb (foot) which is so called in the world, still the whole world is designated a foot’ of God (by the word foot’), as in the text, “All beings are His foot.” (Rv. X. 90.3). So also are the Lord’s qualities spoken of by words that have obtained usage in the world. The Padma purana has the following to the same effect: “The wisdom, etc., of the Lord are none of the world; they are spoken of by the same terms to assist the understanding of the world; as in the familiar illustration, ‘As the king of men is in this world, so is the king of the gods in heaven’.

If the bliss, etc., of all the souls are only the reflection of the Lord’s, then how to account for the difference of the same qualities in Brahma and other souls? To clear this doubt the following is stated.

35. The difference arises from the peculiar character of the place (receptacle or the reflecting surface), as in the case of the sun’s light, etc.

Just as there is a difference of character in the images or reflections of the sun caused by the peculiarities of the receptacle or the reflecting surface such as a looking glass, lens, etc.; so the bliss, etc., of the Lord being the same, they (the reflected bliss, etc.) become different when they are reflected in Brahma and other souls, only on account of their (souls’) own peculiarities, (viz., essential character, devotion and other virtues). And this is said in the Varaha Purana: “The bliss, etc., become reflected in different ways according to the peculiarities of character and qualities in Brahma and other souls of the three grades, the middling, the exalted, etc., (and the inferior).”

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