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due to this union Brahma would also got intermixed with the material inanimate object. And if it does not intermix then the undividedness (monotheism) did not remain intact. And if you say"All these become immaterial inanimate”, then the soul and the body etc. proved to have become one, and this is what a mundane being believes in the oneness of the soul and the body); why to call him an ignorant self?
Further, we ask-'On total destruction of the universe., Mahesha is also destroyed or not? If he is destroyed then his destruction takes place along with that of universe or some-what earlier or later. If Mahesha and the universe get destroyed simultaneously then how could he destroy the universe who himself gets destroyed simultaneously. If the destruction takes place somewhat earlier and later then where did Mahesha reside after destructing the universe, because he himself was a part of the universe. Thus, believing Mahesha to be the destroyer of universe is proved impossible.
In this way, believing Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesha respectively as to be the creator, protector and destroyer of the universe is proved to be wrong by the logic given above and by various other reasonings; hence, believe the universe as eternal uncreated and endless. The Vindication of the Eternity & Infinity of the
Universe In this universe whatever Jivas etc. substances are, they all are separate-separate and eternal and their states (modes) always continue changing; from this point of view they are said to be getting created and destroyed. And whatever heaven, hell, islands, etc. are there, they too are existing in the same form as they are from the beginningless time and will remain always existing in the same form infinitely.
Perhaps you may ask- 'How would such shapes, etc. be formed without making them? Therefore, the various shapes, etc. which are found existing, are there only after being created? This is not so. How could any logic be advanced about the substances which are found existing from the beginningless time? The way in which you believe Param Brahma's nature as to be beginningless and endless,
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