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Chapter 8
Link:—Now for concentration, the Lord describes, God Who is formless and is endowed with attributes.
kavim purenamanusasitara-
manoraniyamsamanusmaredyah
sarvasya dhataramacintyarupa-
madityavarnam tamasah parastat
He, who contemplates on the Omniscient, the ancient, the ruler, the minutest of the minute, sustainer of all, of form inconceivable, shining like the sun and beyond all darkness, (of ignorance). 9
Comment:-
Kavim:—The Lord, is Omniscient, because He knows all the beings, and their good and evil actions.
Puranam:—He is most ancient, because He is the origin of everything, sentient and insentient.
Anusasitaram:—He, is the Ruler and Illuminator of all the senses, mind, intellect and ego. Secondly. He through scriptures, preceptors and saints, guide men to perform their duties, and by creating favourable and unfavourable circumstances, according to their virtuous and evil actions, purifies them. He is called a Ruler, as He makes ordinance for prescription and prohibition, and also, destroys old actions, in the form of virtues and sins, by enabling them to reap their fruits.
Anoraniyamsam:—The Lord, is subtler, than even an atom. He is the subtlest of the subtle. He is, beyond the reach of mind and intellect. Even nature cannot be perceived, by them, because they are the evolutes of Nature. So, how can they have, an access to the subtlest Lord?
Sarvasya dhataram:—He, is the supporter and sustainer of infinite universes. So He is called, the sustainer of all.
Tamasab parastat:—He is, supremely above and beyond, the darkness of ignorance. He is also the illuminator of ignorance.
Adityavarnam:—His colour, is like the sun i.e., just like the shining sun, the Lord is the illuminator of minds and intellects, of all beings. All beings, receive light from Him.
Acintyarapam:—His form, is inconceivable, to the mind and intellect.
Anusmaret:—It means, that one should contemplate, on God. God knows all the beings and so He remembers them. Therefore, they should also remember Him.
Now, a doubt arises, as to how, to think of Him, when He is inconceivable. The clarification is, that a firm belief, that He is inconceivable, is in fact, the thought of Him.
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