Book Title: Satapatha Bramhana Part 05
Author(s): Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford


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III ADHYẤYA, 3 PÅDA, 12.
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oldest and best cannot be accomplished without Präna being also meditated upon as the richest, and so on, and as hence these latter qualities have to be comprised in the meditation on Prana of the Kaushitakins, although they are not expressly mentioned there ; thus those qualities of Brahman also, without which the meditation on Brahman cannot be accomplished, must be included in all meditations on Brahman- this is the point to be proved next.
11. Bliss and other qualities, as belonging to the subject of the qualities.
The point to be decided here is whether, or not, the essential qualities of Brahman are to be included in all meditations on the highest Brahman.--Since there is no valid reason for including in a meditation those qualities which are not expressly mentioned in the section containing that meditation, only those qualities which are thus expressly mentioned should be included !—This prinâ facie view is negatived by the Satra. The clause, on account of non-difference,' has to be carried on from the preceding Sutra. As the subject of the qualities,' i.e. Brahman is the same in all meditations, the qualities which do not exist apart from their subject, viz. bliss, and so on, are to be comprised in all meditations.—But for the same reason then such qualities as having joy for its head' (Taitt. Up. II, 5) would also have to be included in all meditations on Brahman !-- This the next Satra negatives.
12. Such qualities as having joy for its head, and so on, are not established, for if there were difference (of members) there would be increase and decrease.
The declaration that the essential qualities of Brahman are established for all meditations, does not imply that such attributes as having joy for its head' are equally established. For the latter are not qualities of Brahman, since they are mere elements in a figurative representation of Brahman under the form of an animal body. Otherwise, i. e. if Brahman really possessed different members, such as head, wings, and so on, it would be liable to increase
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