| 3. Among thousands
of men, one perchance strives for perfection ; even among those who strive
and are perfect, only one perchance knows me in truth.Perfect: they are
indeed perfect who strive for moksha. Evolution of the Universe oat of Divine
Prakriti.Having prepared the hearer for the teaching by inducing in him
a taste for it, the Lord proceeds thus:Earth, water, fire, air ether, thought
(Manas) and reason (Buddhi) egoism (ghamkara) thus is My Prakriti divided
eightfold.Earth stands for the subtile rudimental element or Tanmatra, the
Prithivitanmatra or the subtile rudimental element of earth ; and so water,
fire, air and ether stand for the Tanmatras of water, etc. Thought (Manas)
stands for its cause Ahamkara or egoism: reason (Buddhi) for the Mahat principle,
which is the cause of Ahamkara ; and Ahamkara for the Avyakta, the Unmanifested,
conjoined with Avidya or nescience. Just as food which is mixed with poison
is itself called poison, so the Avyakta. the First Cause, conjoined with
the vasana, or latent unconscious impression, of Ahamkara, is itself called
here Ahamkara inasmuch as Egoism is the impelling cause of alt. As a matter
of fact, we find, from our ordinary experience, that egoism is the cause
of the activity of every being. Thus divided eightfold is My Prakriti, the
Maya belonging to the Isvara. |
