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Chapter 9
Appendix:—As the wind is born of ether, stays in ether and merges into ether viz., the wind has no independent existence besides ether, similarly all beings are born of God, abide in God and merge into God viz., beings have no independent existence besides God—if a striver accepts this fact firmly, he will realize the reality—`all is God'.
In order to understand this verse the idea of cause and effect is more apt than `Vivartavada'. 'Vivartavada' means opposite appearance. The thing which actually does not exist bat seems to exist, as the appearance of a snake in a rope—this is Vivartavada. In Vivartavada two entities are necessary; as the
rope and the snake which appears—both are separate entities (one real and the other merely appearance). But in this verse there is the example of ether and the wind (air), both have the same entity. It means that just like the snake in the rope, the wind in ether is not merely an appearance but air is the effect of ether.
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