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The primary is only one
One of the most dominant rules of this world is that the primary is always one, never two otherwise problems crop up. The theists have accepted God. They had to add an adjective: Kartumkartum anyathakartum samarthaha ishwaraha.
The Nyayasastra asks why we should consider ishwar or God as one. Giving a meaningful answer to the question it says: If we were to think of God as many, then there would be many problems at the beginning of creation. One God would want creation in a certain way and another in another way. There would be argument between the two. And creation would never take place. Where there are many, there arguments are inevitable. When there is one, there can be no argument, no discussion. With two, arguments begin. In Sanskrit the word for two is dwand. Dwand has two meanings. One is the noun denoting the number two and the other means struggle, war, conflict. Being two means conflict. People ask: Husband and wife are two. If they are two, that implies disagreements and possibilities of fights. This is the world order. If there are two and there is no fight, then it is viewed with surprise. That
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