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Further, we ask, 'If the universe is created only by creating it then the creator will surely create it for the sake of happiness and then he will create the favourite things only. But in this universe the favourite things are found in lesser number and unfavourite things are found in greater number. Amongst the Jivas, Devas (celestial beings) etc. were created as favourite beings for the sake of enjoyment and for adoration. But what for worm, ant, dog, pig, lion, etc. were created? Those are neither pleasing nor do they worship; rather, they are harmful in all respects. And why were such harmful objects like poor-wretched, unhappy-hellish beings, etc. created by seeing which disgust, aversion, sorrow are caused?
There he says that the Jivas suffer due to their own sins in the embodied forms of worm, ant, pauper, hellish beings, etc. We ask him, ultimately you may say that these embodied forms Paryayas are produced owing to the consequence of vicious acts only, but why were these created earlier at the time of creating the universe? And later on the Jivas turned sinful, so why did they turn sinful? If you will say that they themselves turned so, then it appears that Brahma first created them and aferwards they did not remain under his control; for this reason Brahma felt sorry.
And if you will say that Brahma activates them to become active then why did he activate them for sinfuldeeds? The Jivas were created by him; why did he mean ill of them? Therefore, this too is illogical.
And amongst the insentient objects, he created many things of good colour, good smell etc. for the sake of enjoyment but what for did he create the distressing things having bad colours, bad smell, etc.? Brahma would not be happy by seeing these things. And if you will say that he created these things for torturing the wicked Jivas; then what for did he do such cruetly with the self-created Jivas that for them he created distressing things earlier? Further, dust, mountain, etc. are some such things also which are neither pleasing (delightful) nor distressing; what for did he create these things? Of their own those things may get any shape or size, but if there is a creator of them then he will create them with some purpose only. How is therefore Brahma called creator of the universe?
And they call Vishnu as protector of the universe. The protector performs only two acts; firstly he does not allow development of the
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