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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER VI
TEXT (158).
FURTHER, INASMUCH AS, PRIOR TO CREATION, THE OBJECTS OF COMPASSION WOULD NOT BE THERE, THERE COULD NOT BE EVEN THAT COMPASSION THROUGE THE PRESENCE OF WHICH
TEE ORDAINER IS ASSUMED.-(158)
COMMENTARY
Further, prior to creation, there is no entity towards whom he would be compassionato; and through the presence of this compassion, the Ordainer-Creator-is assumed.-(158)
TEXT (159).
NOR SHOULD HE EVER BRING ABOUT THE DISSOLUTION OT THOSE BEINGS WHO WOULD BE ALWAYS PROSPEROUS. IF IS SO DOING, HE BE REGARDED AS DEPENDENT UPON THE 'UNSEEN FORCE (OF DESTINY), THEN HIS "SELF-SUFFICIENCY
CEASES.-(159)
COMMENTARY.
If he created people through compassion, and they were always happy, - then why should he bring about their dissolution The sense is that it he has to bring about Dissolution, he should bring about the Dissolution of only such Beings as are miserable and imbecile.-It might be urged that"He makes people happy or unhappy in accordance with their Destiny, in the shape of Merit and Demerit".-That cannot be right; as in that case his self-sufficiency'—which has been postulated, would cense. One who is himself endowed with power does not depend upon anything else ; if one is wanting in power, then the creation of the world itself might be attributed to That on which he is dependent and in that case He would cerse to be the Cause'.-(159)
TEXT (160).
THEN AGAIN, WHY SHOULD HE MAKE HIMSELF DEPENDENT UPON THAT
DESTINY, WHICH IS CONDUCIVE TO SUFFERING AND PAIN? IN FACT, TULL OF MERCY AS HE IS, THE RIGHT COURSE FOR HIM
WOULD BE TO IGNORE THAT DESTINY (160)
COMMENTARY.
It may be granted that he is dependent upon the Unseen Force' (of Destiny). Even so, it is not right for the merciful Being to make himself dependent upon such Destiny-in the form of Merit and Demerit, -as leads
