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[SŪ 1. 3. 25.
ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 177
is impossible for Brahman, the topic of discussion, to be of the size of
merely a thumb, even though repeatedly taught by Scripture,—
(We reply·) No, it being possible for Brahman to be so, in accord-
ance with the wish of His devotees, and on account of His connection
with place (viz. the heart) With regard to this point, a preceding
aphorism (viz Br. Sū 1.2.7) may be consulted. Moreover, on account
also of a text referring to the Person of the size of merely a thumb,
viz. : ‘Let one draw him forth from his own body with firmness, as a
pith from a reed Let one know him’ (Kaṭha 6 17), the Supreme
Soul alone is of the size of merely a thumb. Thus, the meaning of
the text is as follows The individual soul, entitled to know Brahman,
the agent, endowed with a right discrimination between the soul and
the non-soul,—implied by the phrase ‘from his own body’,—‘should
draw forth’, i.e. should lift up or put outside,—through intense
prayer again,—‘him’, ie the Person of the size of a thumb, the
object and known first through meditation to be within the heart,
‘from his own body’, i e from the body known as his own, ‘as the
pith from a reed’; then ‘he should know him with firmness’. If this
be so, the Person of the size of merely a thumb, the object to be
worshipped, must be other than the worshipper himself
SŪTRA 25
“BUT (THE LORD IS SAID TO BE OF THE SIZE OF MERELY A THUMB)
IN REFERENCE TO THE HEART (OF MEN), BECAUSE MEN (ALONE)
ARE ENTITLED (TO SCRIPTURE)”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
The Lord can very well be of the size of merely a thumb, “in
reference to the heart” of the worshippers. To the objection, viz
The size of the heart in animals being not fixed, how can Brahman
be of the size of a thumb in reference to the heart !—the author
replies : “Because men (alone) are entitled (to Scripture)”.
Vedānta-kaustubha
The author is justifying the contention that Brahman can be
of the size of merely a thumb.
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