| 28. Beings have
their beginning unseen, their middle seen, and their end unseen again. Why
any lamentation regarding them ?The originprior to manifestationof beings
such as sons and friends, who are mere combinations of material elements
correlated as causes and effects, is nonperception (avyakta). And having
come into existence, their middle stateprevious to deathis perceived. Again
their end is nonperception: after death, they become unperceived again.
Thus it is said:He has come from nonperception (the unseen) and has gone
back to nonperception (the unseen). He is not thine, nor thou his. What
is this vain lamentation for ? (Mahabh. Striparva, 213)About these mere
illusionsfirst unseen, then seen, and again unseenwhat occasion is there
for any lamentation ?The Self just spoken of is very difficult to realize.
Why am I to blame you alone while the cause, viz illusion, is common to
all ? One may also: how is it that the Self is difficult to realize 2 The
Lord says ; |
