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This great and wise scholar, the Bhagavan, has planted this **Chaugdashtri Samuchchay** (Fourteen-fold Viewpoint Collection), a supreme nectar of yoga. Just as the gods alone know the effort that went into churning the ocean, so too, only this supreme Acharya knows the effort that went into churning this yoga scripture. And just as only he knows the taste of the nectar obtained through that great and difficult effort, so too, only this supreme yoga teacher, the creator of this immortal work, knows the taste of this nectar obtained through that great and difficult effort. This is described in detail in the yoga scriptures. Here, it is stated in a concise summary. It is not an easy task to extract a gem of concise statement from a vast and extensive body of literature. From one perspective, it is easy to expand a concise statement, but it is not easy to condense an extensive one. Because condensing an extensive statement requires great skill, and this Acharya has demonstrated this skill fully, as is evident. Moreover, conciseness is not incomplete or unfinished, but complete in brevity. Just as a portrait of a man can be life-size or as small as a locket, yet even the small locket-sized portrait represents the complete figure of the man, so too, a concise statement of an extensive scripture presents the complete subject matter of the scripture in brevity.
The synonym for conciseness, "**Samas**" (Synthesis), also confirms the same meaning. To synthesize or include a lot of meaning in a few words is **Samas** or conciseness. Just as the sky has the power to encompass and contain infinite objects, so too, **Samas**, in the sense of a concise statement of scripture, has the extraordinary power to encompass and contain infinite meanings. Thus, this scripture, though concise in words, is full of great meaning, and its intention is very profound. And the depth of that intention becomes increasingly apparent as we delve deeper into it. Just as the ocean appears shallow from the surface, but its depth is only revealed when we dive into it, so too, this scripture appears simple on the surface, but its profound intention is only revealed when we delve deeper into it. This scripture possesses this extraordinary power of encompassing and synthesizing; because a simple statement, when touched by the hand of a capable and virtuous person, becomes a powerful and profound statement. A word, when touched by the **Parashmani** (touchstone) of a saintly soul, becomes "**Suvarna**" (golden), filled with infinite meaning. Every "**pad**" (word) of a knower is capable of becoming a supreme "**pad**" (position). That is why, "In every word of a virtuous person, there lies infinite knowledge," - this saying of Shrimad Rajchandraji is truly applicable here.