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II ADHYAYA, 3 PÂDA, 46.
denotes all moving and non-moving things, among which the souls occupy the first place; in accordance with the use of the word in the following passage, Not giving pain to any being (bhata) except at the tîrthas' (Kh. Up. VIII, 15). Herefrom also we conclude that the individual soul is a part of the Lord.—And again from the following reason.
45. Moreover it is so stated in Smriti.
In the Isvaragîtás (Bhagavad-gita) also it is said that the soul is a part of the Lord, an eternal part of me becomes the individual soul in the world of life' (Bha. Gi. XV, 7). With regard to the assertion made above, viz. that in ordinary life the relation of ruler and ruled is known to hold good in the case of master and servant &c. only, we remark that, although that may be the case in ordinary life, we ascertain from scripture that the relation of part and whole and that of ruler and ruled may go together. Nor is there anything contradictory in assuming that the Lord who is provided with superexcellent limiting adjuncts rules the souls which are connected with inferior adjuncts only.
Here the purvapakshin raises another objection. If we admit that the souls are parts of the Lord, it follows that the Lord also, whose part the soul is, will be afflicted by the pain caused to the soul by its experience of the samsarastate; as we see in ordinary life that the entire Devadatta suffers from the pain affecting his hand or foot or some other limb. Herefrom it would follow that they who obtain Brahman obtain a greater pain'; so that the former samsåra-condition would be preferable, and complete knowledge be devoid of purpose.—To this the following Sûtra replies.
46. (As the soul is affected by pleasure and pain) not so the highest (Lord); as in the case of light and so on.
We maintain that the highest Lord does not feel the pain of the samsåra-state in the same way as the soul does. The soul being engrossed by Nescience identifies itself as it were
· Viz. by participating in all pain.
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| SR No. | 007681 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1890 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 47 MB |