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Chapter 12
Anirdesyam:- 'Anirdesyam, is that which cannot be defined, through language or speech. Only that, which is accompanied by caste, quality, action and is confined through space, time, thing and individual can be defined, or hinted at. How can the all-pervading and sentient God, be defined or hinted at, by insentient language?
Kutastham:- This term, stands for the Absolute, Who while pervading all space, time, things and individuals, remains unvitiated and uncontaminated. He always remains uniform and unaltered, without undergoing any change, at all. On a 'Kota' (anvil), different instruments and ornaments etc., are shaped, but it ever remains, the same. Similarly, in spite of birth, existence and destruction of different beings and objects, God pervading them, remains the some. He is not affected by, their birth, existence and destruction.
Acalam:- Brahma, is totally immovable and free from change, while prakrti (nature), is movable.
Dhruvam:-The Absolute, Who is certain and eternal is called 'Dhruva'. Out of all the eight adjectives used for Him, this one is the most important, otherwise people may misunderstand, whether He exists or not, as all the other adjectives, are in the negative. He ever exists and never ceases to be, in the least, "The world seems to exist, because of His existence or light" (Manasa 1/117/4).
Aksaram:-The Absolute, Who is Truth, Consciousness and Bliss, solidified, is never destroyed. He is imperishable. He does not suffer, any diminution.
Avyaktam:- He is unmanifested, He is incomprehensible to the mind and senses, and He is also devoid of any form or shape.
Paryupasate:-The term, here stands for real worship of devotees, who worship the attributeless, Brahma. Real worship, consists in remaining established in God, by identifying the self with Him, without any desire and egoistic notion.
He, Who is denoted by these eight adjectives, is an imperfect form of Brahma, because Brahma is incomprehensible, even to the intellect. But worship, which is offered with these eight adjectives, is the worship of attributeless Brahma, and this worship results, in the attainment of attributeless Brahma. He cannot be an object of intellect. Keeping in view these eight adjectives, of the absolute, the adoration made, is called 'Paryupasate.' This is real worship of the Absolute, and it results, in merging with the Absolute.
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