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CHAPTER-V
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Negation of Hereditary Succession From
Brahma And they (the monists) maintain that the hereditary succession through son, grand-son, etc. is from Brahma and they uphold that amongst the races there exists mutual sexual relationship between demons, humans, gods and animals. There they believe that birth of son - daughter from any mother and any father such as human from god, god from human and human from animals, etc. takes place; how is this possible?
Further, they say that birth takes place through mental imagination, inhaling air and smelling semen, etc. All this clearly appears to be wrong. If this be true then how could the rule of hereditary succession of son, grandson, etc. prevail? And they further believe that the big noble saints are born from different mothers and different fathers, but how would the noble persons take birth from the unchaste mothers and fathers? This is an abuse in the world; why then they ascribe nobility to those persons?
Further, they ascribe the birth of Ganesha etc. to have taken. place from filth, etc. and say that someone's limbs are found joined with someone other's limbs. All this is clearly contradictory and false.
X-ray of Incarnation Theory Further, they say that there have been 24 incarnations* of the God. Some of these Avataras are said to be complete incarnations and some others incomplete incarnations. When complete incarnations took place, then Brahma remained pervasive elsewhere or not? If so, then why call these incarnations as complete? If it did not remain pervasive then Brahma remained only of this much extent. And when incomplete incarnations took place then what extra event happened, since Brahma's part is found present all everywhere?
* 1. Sanat Kumar 2. Shookaravatar 3. Devarshi Narad, 4. Nar-Narayana, 5. Kapil,
6. Dattatraya, 7. Yajna Purush, 8. Rishabhaavatar, 9. Prathu avatar, 10. Matsya, 11. Kachchhapa, 12. Dhanvantari, 13. Mohini, 14. Nrisinghavatar, 15. Vaman, 16. Paraguram, 17. Vyas, 18. Hansa, 19. Ramavatar, 20. Krishnavatar, 21. Haya Greeva, 22.Hari, 23. Buddha and 24. Kalki;these are believed to be the 24 Avataras (incarnations of God).
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