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perity are to celebrate the dvåda såha,' and 'The priest is to offer the dvadasåha for him who desires offspring '-belongs, according to difference of wish, either to the sattra or the ahîna class of sacrifices. The next Satra declares that the body and the sense-organs of the Released are not neces. sarily created by the Released himself.
13. In the absence of a body, as in the state of dream ; that being possible.
As in the absence of a body and other instruments of enjoyment created by himself, the Released may undergo experiences of pleasure by means of instruments created by the highest Person, the Released, although capable of realising all his wishes, may not himself be creative. As in the state of dream the individual soul has experiences depending on chariots and other implements created by the Lord ( He creates chariots, horses,' &c., Bri. Up. IV, 3, 10); thus the released soul also may have experience of different worlds created by the Lord engaged in playful sport.
14. When there is a body, as in the waking state. When, on the other hand, the released soul possesses a body created by its own will, then it enjoys its various delights in the same way as a waking man does. In the same way as the highest Person creates out of himself, for his own delight, the world of the Fathers and so on; so he sometimes creates such worlds for the enjoyment of the released souls. But sometimes, again, the souls using their own creative will-power themselves create their own worlds, which however are included within the sphere of sport of the highest Person (so that the souls in enjoying them do not pass beyond the intuition of Brahman).
But it has been taught that the soul is of atomic size ; how then can it connect itself with many bodies 1—To this question the next Sätra replies.
15. The entering is as in the case of a lamp; for thus Scripture declares.
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