Namaste members.
I would like to get feedback from members with regards to this:
Found this interesting line in Brahma Sutra Bhasya today.
पत्युरसामञ्जस्यात्
पत्युः असामञ्जस्यात्
Meaning: For the Lord there can be no creatorship for that leads to incongruity.
Commentary by Adi Shankara:
For the Lord that is to say for God there can be no causality towards the universe by becoming( a mere) superintendent over Nature and souls.
Why?
On account of incongruity.
What is that incongruity?
For a Lord who creates the various creatures by dividing them into grades of inferiority,mediocrity and superiority will be open like ourselves to the charges of likes,dislikes etc..so that He will cease to be God
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What I would like to discuss with members is it seems clear from this statement that God is not a mere superintendent and does not get involved with gradation because that would lead to incongruity.
In fact the commentary goes further by saying that: The Incongruity arises even from that admission that God is a special type of Purusha(Soul) for that Purusha is admitted to be indifferent to everything.
Now how does this actually match with Purusha Shuktam verse 13 which says this:
Text Thirteen
brahmanosya mukhamasit
bahu rajanyah kritaha
uru tadasya yadvaishyaha
padhyagam shudro ajayata
From His face (or the mouth) came the brahmanas. From His two arms came the rajanya (the kshatriyas). From His two thighs came the vaishyas. From His two feet came the shudras.
So if God is not supposed to be even a special Purusha and He is not a Superintendent that gets involves in gradation of any kind and supposedly indifferent towards everything....how come verse 13 of Purusha Suktam cites gradation of humans arising from the Supreme Purusha?
Hoping inputs from members.
Just to add to avoid any sort of misunderstanding with regards to Purusha Shuktam.
Its Four Varnas in the Purusha Shuktam..for any numbering to have taken place that means there is a criterion based on some form of gradation.
Again.. Gradation need not mean or denote Superiority or Inferiority.
Because if there is no gradation there is only ONE.
Hope I am clear.
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