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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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE,
Name of the god or goddess cursed.
Nature of the
curse.
Nature of the modification.
Interpretation.
worship of the lingum, as the symbol of the god.
entry into matter deprives it of its freedom and irresistibility to a considerable extent; hence, the god is to lose his manbood The lingum is the symbol of creative power, which is the function of Will: hence its worship by men. Shiva is also the impersonation of dairagya (renunciation). whose nature, as such, is fully in keeping with the curse of Savitri.
Lakshmi ... Not to remain sta
The goddess personifies prostionary in one
perity or wealth, and her place; and to
nature is only too well-defined constantly abide
in the curse of Savitri to need by the vile, the
any further explanation. inconstant, the contemptible, the simple, the cruel, the foolish and the
barbarian. The wives To remain barren, No regret is to be The goddesses are the personiof gods and never to en- ! felt for the inabi- fications of certain abstract collectively. joy the pleasure of lity to bear chil- qualities, powers and virtues, having children. dren.
and, as such, neither capable of begetting offspring nor of grieving for their barrenness.
The above explanation of the mythological account of the marriage and the consequent ‘fall' of Brahmâ, it is to be observed, furnishes a complete explanation of the nature of the faculty of intellect, and describes how moksha cannot be attained without it.
The allegorical account of the sons of Adam, given in the fourth chapter of the Book of Genesis, also makes it perfectly clear that emancipation cannot be attained, except through the agency of intellect. Eve, i.e., intellect, conceives and brings forth Abel and Cain who are incompatible by nature, so much so that the former is