| 18. In a Brahmavta
endued with wisdom and humility, in a cow, in an elephant, as also in a
dog and in a dogeater, the wise see the same.Humility is tranquillity, the
condition of a welldisciplined soul. Of the creatures mentioned, the highest
is the Brahman who is spiritually regenerated, and highly Sattvic (i.e in
whom the energy of Sattva predominates). Next comes the cow, not spiritually
regenerated, and Rajasic (i. e·, in which the energy of Rajas predominates)
Last come the elephant, which are purely Tamasic (the energy of Tamas predominating).
In all of them the sages see the same, the One who is immutable in Himself
and quite untouched by Sattva and other energies, or by the tendencies born
of those energies, whether Sattvic, Rajasic or Tamasic.The sage is liberated
while still on earth.(Objection):They (the sages just spoken of) are sinful
persons, whose food should not be eaten by others. For, the Law says:Where
ones equals are honored in a different manner, and where persons who are
not ones equals are honored in the same manner as oneself, a dinner must
not be eaten: (Gautamas Institutes; xvii. 20.)(Answer) ·They are not sinful
; for, |
| 18. In the world all the Jeevas,
who are seen differently as Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic because of their
different gunas, are seen (by the Jnanis) as of the form or essence of Parabrahma
(the Absolute Reality) alone. In this manner as they have seen everthing
to be alike, neither the defect of considering higher people to be lower
not the defect of considering lower people as higher will affect them; because,
they have realized the truth that Brahman alone who is without defects is
there in the forms of all Jeevas (souls) as well as their own (essential)
form. |
