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Chapter 11
Appendix:—By the expression 'Sadasaccaham' (9/19) and by the expression 'sadasattatparam' used here the finitude and entirety of the Lord endowed with attributes are proved.
The real and the unreal are relative terms, so they are earthly (worldly) but He Who is beyond them, having independent existence, is unearthly (divine). Both the mundane and the divine are the manifestations of the entire God. The higher and lower nature of God are not beyond the real and the unreal but God transcends the real and the unreal also - 'mattah parataram - nanyatkincidasti dhanaijaya' (GIta 7/7).
Within 'saguna' (entire form of God), 'nirguna' can be included, but within 'nirguna', 'saguna' cannot be included. The reason is that in 'saguna' there is no negation of 'nirguna', but in 'nirguna' there is negation of 'saguna'. Therefore 'nirguna' is unipresent (finite) viz., within it all is not included. But within 'saguna' (entire form) all is included, nothing is left out. Therefore, Arjuna by the expression 'sadasattatparam yet' seems to say, "You are the real, You are the unreal and You are also the entity beyond these two, which we can imagine. From the view-point of knowledge You are also the indescribable entity which can be called neither real (existent) nor unreal (nonexistent) - 'na sattannasadncyate' (Gita 13/12). It means that there neither has been, nor is, nor will be, nor can be anyone else besides You viz., You and only You exist."
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