Tattva Sangraha Vol 1

Author(s): Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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DOCTRINE OF GOD!
TEXTS (52-53). "THE MANIFESTED WORLD, CONSISTING OF THE PRIMARY ELEMENTAL
SUBSTANCES AND THE REST, BECOMES THE SOURCE OF PLEASURE AND PAIN TO ALL PEOPLE, ONLY WHEN CONTROLLED BY AN INTELLIGENT CAUSE, BECAUSE IT IS INSENTIENT, ITSELF A PRODTOT, EVANESCENT AND SO FORTH,-LIKE THE AXE AND OTHER THINGS; THUS EVERYTHING IS CLEARLY BELIEVED TO BE
His."-(52-53)
COMMENTARY. Controlled by an Intelligent Cause, -i.e. controliod by a Cause which is endowed with sentience.—Thus-i.e. for the said series of reasons — His', -i.e. of God, the Cause of the entire world.-(52-53)
Question-In what way is God's omniscience proved, hy virtue of which He should become an object of devotion for people seeking for Prosperity and the Highest Good ?
The answer to this is supplied by the following Text
TEXT (54). "THE FAOT OF HIS BEING THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS HAVING BEEN
ESTABLISHED, HIS OMNISCIENCE IS PROVED WITHOUT EFFORT ; BECAUSE THE CREATOR MUST BE ONE WHO KNOWS THE FORM AND ALL OTHER DETAILS REGARDING WHAT
HE HAS CREATED."-(54)
COMMENTARY. This has been thus explained by Prashastamati and others :-"The omniscience of God is proved by the fact of His being the Cause (Creator) of the entire World; because the Creator must possess full knowledge of all such details regarding what he creates as its material and contributory causes, its use, its receiver and so forth. In the world, when a man makes anything, he knows its material cause, ote; e.g, it is well known that the Potter who makes the Jar and such things, knows its material cause, in the shape of Olay.lump-its contributory causes, in the shape of the Wheel, etc., -its purpose, in the shape of Fetching Water and the like, and its receiver, in the shape of the Householder (who uses it); similarly God, who creates all the worlds, knows their material causes, in the shape of the Atom, etc., their contributory causes, in the shape of Merit. Demerit, Space, Time and so forth, also the auiliaries to their operation, in the shape of the Universal the Particular and Inherence, their purpose, in the shape of the Experience (of Men), and receivers in the shape of Men. This shows that He is omniscient.-One who knows the forms and other details regarding what he has created : Form and other details'. - Form stands for character ; other