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of Vedic statements that seem to be contradictory to one another.
The following is the Vedic verse :पुरुष एवेदं निं सर्वं यद् भूतं यच्च भाव्यम् ।
Puruşa évédam gnim sarvami yad bhûtarn yacca bhāvyam.
By the above-mentioned Vedic statement, that there is neither piety nor sin, your interpretation of the Vedic statement is that these animate, as well as, in--animate torms that have become in the past or that will be in future, are Puruşa or-the Supreme Cod-or the Soul; that is to say, there is nothing like punya (piety) or păpa (sin) except this soul.
But at another place, it is said -- पुण्यः पुण्येन कर्मणा, पापः पापेन कर्मणा ।। Punyaḥ punyéna karmaņā, Pāpaḥ pāpéna karmaṇā.
By means of meritorious deeds, a person acquires puqya (piety) and by means of sinful actions a person acquires sin. This statement indicates the power of piety and sin. Because of such contradictory statements, a doubt is created in your mind whether there is piety or sin; or whether both of them do not exist at all.
But O Acala-bhrātā ! this doubt of yours is groundless; because the Vedic statement,
पुरुष एवेदं निं सर्वं यद् भूतं यच्च मान्यम् । Purusa évédam gnim sarvam yad bhùtam yacca bhāvyam
means that these animate, as well as in-animate forms which are visible to us and which existed in the past and which will exist in future, are nothing else but Atma-Soul itself. Ātmathe Soul-has been praised in that Védic statement, but it does not assert that there are no piety and sin, just as, in the Védic statement fato, TÜ Ta Vismuuriyam jagat-it is said that the whole Universe is full of Vişnu, these statements show the great
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