And from the Shruti containing the word ‘Atman’, (limited comprehension it meant in the case of some).

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16. And from the Shruti containing the word ‘Atman’, (limited comprehension it meant in the case of some).

“He should meditate on Him as the ‘Atman’ only” (Br. III. 4.7); this Shruti furnishes authority for limited comprehension of the attributes in contemplation (by some).

17. By the term ‘Atman’, all the four, bliss, etc., are comprehended, as appears from the subsequent sentence, just as it is the case in other texts.

Further the emphasis in the phrase ‘as the Atman only’ is not inconsistent with the statement made in the Sutra, “Bliss, etc., for the sake of the main purpose”; for just as in the texts, “Brahman is truth, is wisdom, is perfect” (Tait II. 1), “Brahman is pure wisdom, bliss” (Bri. V. 9.28), the adjuncts are taken to imply other attributes also. So the term ‘Atman’ in the text under question implies all the four attributes; for the subsequent sentence has “Indeed in Him (the Atman spoken of in the previous sentence) all these qualities meet” (Bri. III. 4. 7). And it is said in the Brihat Tantra thus: “Because of His being in the experience of perfect bliss and wisdom, eternal and destitute of defects, the Lord of Lords is called Atman by those that understand and expound the Vedas”.

18. (Should it be said that limited comprehension could not have been meant by the Atma Shruti) as the word Atman connotes all the qualities, we do admit it also, o» account of the emphasis.

It may be said that in the word ‘Atman’ there is the declaration of all the qualities, as appears from the statement, “The word ‘Atman’ is used to denote the Supreme on account of His being all-pervading (i.e., perfect in all qualities).” Truly this also may be, as it is evident from the emphasis thrown upon the word Atman thus, ‘As the Atman only’; otherwise the statement requiring the perfect comprehension of all the qualities in one mental act would be contradicted, (for in the single mental act of Brahma, all the attributes of the Lord are simultaneously presented by the single word Atman; and this is what is meant by comprehension in this connection; and this is possible only when the word connotes all the attributes).

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