Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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her nature, for intellect extracts principles from experience, as one extracts butter from milk. Being the two distinct tendencies of will (personified as Brahmâ), they are described as the two wives of the god. But, since intuition has the preference over intellect, therefore, Gayatri is made to fall at the feet of her divine rival. However, since intellect is the only means of knowledge in the condition of the fall,' its personification is described as the Mother of Vedas (literally, knowledge).
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Again, inasmuch as intellect alone establishes the divinity of the soul, and thereby leads it to Self-realization, and since Self-realization means the freedom of the soul from bondage and pain, therefore, intellect itself is said to have modified the curses of its rival.
We give below the curses pronounced by Sâvitri on some of those who took part in the ceremony, and their modifications as made by her rival, together with their interpretation. Should any difficulty be experienced with these interpretations, they should be read again after the perusal of Chapters IX, X, and XI.
Name of the god or goddess cursed.
Brahma
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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
Nature of the
curse.
Not to be worship. ped in a temple or sacred place.
Nature of the modification.
Brahma may cease to be worshipped, but his worshippers shall obtain all kinds of blessings, including final absorption into him.
Interpretation.
Brahmâ is the revealed aspect of that which is the unmanifested, hence the personification of individuality, or soul, which is endowed with the faculties of Intuition and Intellect. Hence, Savitri, ie., Intuitive wisdom, and Gayatri, i.e., Reason, are the two wives of Brahmâ. Reason at first debars one from intuitive Jnana, and, thus, is the cause of the fall. Brahma cannot,