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Chapter 15
bahirantasca bhutanamacaram carameva ea
suksmatvattadavijneyam durastham cantike ca tat
He exists, without and within, all beings and constitutes the moving and also the unmoving creation; because He is subtle, He is incomprehensible. He is near and stands afar, too. 15
Comment:-
[In the six verses, from the twelfth to the seventeenth, there is a description of the Knowable. Out of those six verses, this is the fourth verse which also includes the idea of the preceding three verses, and the next two verses. Therefore, this verse contains a gist of the topic of, the Knowable.]
Bahirantasca bhotanamacaram carameva ca:- In a block of ice, immersed in the sea, there is water within and without and there is nothing else, besides water. Similarly all the moving and unmoving beings, are pervaded, both inside and outside by God. It means, that the entire moving and unmoving creation, is nothing else besides, God. The same, has been described by the Lord, from the angle of a realized soul as, 'Vasudevah sarvam' and from His angle He is describing 'Sadasaccaham'. Thus, the experience of God and of realized souls, is the same.
Durastham cantike ca tat:- A thing can be near or far, from three view-points—space, time and thing. God, is nearest as well as, farthest, from all the three view-points. He pervades everywhere, is close at hand and afar too.[1] He existed in the past, exists now, and will exist, in future; He existed before, all things came into existence, He will exist, when the things perish and He exists now, in the form of things. Though the Lord, is the nearest, yet He is far away, from those who hanker after worldly pleasures and prosperity. But, He is the nearest for those, who have an inclination for Him. So a striver, renouncing the desire for pleasures and prosperity, should arouse a yearning, only for God-realization. By doing so, he will realize his eternal union, with God.
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