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Christian Lindtner
Jambu-jyoti
100. “The thorn of the jujube tree may be sharp, straight or curved. Also, its
fruit is round. Please tell me, who made it so ?” 101. [Those who believe in the imperishable Brahman, say:] "Time emanated
from the imperishable. Therefore it is held to be pervading. This creation is said to begin with the pervading, and to end with nature."
102. [Others say : First there was] a part of the imperishable. From that
[came] wind. From that fire; from that water; from water earth came forth. This is how the elements came into being".
103. (Those who believe in the cosmic egg, say :) “Nārāyana is higher than
the unmanifest. From the unmanifest the cosmic) egg came forth. Inside the egg [all] these [empirical] distinctions belong, and so does the earth with its seven continents”.
104. "The water within [the earth), the oceans, the caul (of foetus),
the mountains; in this egg the fourteen worlds have their foundation".
105. (Manusmrti 1.12 :] "He, the Lord, stayed in that egg for a whole year.
Then, by contemplating upon himself, he sliced that egg into two".
106. (Manusmrti 1.13 :) “Out of the two fragments he created the sky
and the earth", etc. 107. [Those who believe that creation has no cause, say :] “The manifold
things that come into being every moment, surely come into being without a cause. Without being [there already] nothing can come into being. Something lacking the possibility of coming into being is as
[unreal] as a flower [growing] in the sky". 108. [Those who believe in necessity, say :) "A thing that must occur based
on the power of necessity will necessarily be good or bad for human beings. Even if people make a great deal of effort, that which shall not be will not be. Nor can that which must be fail to be".
109. [The evolutionists say :] “At every moment and in regard to
the individual of all things, evolution takes place. It does not depend
on one's free will, for one's free will develops gradually". 110. "It is true that we Piśācas live in the forest, but we never ever touch
a drum even with our fingers. Still the rumour has spread all over the earth that Piśācas beat the drum !"
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