Vicharmala Granth Satik Pustak 1 to 8

Author(s): Anathdas Sadhu, Govinddas Sadhu
Publisher: Heeralal Dhole

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VICHAR MALA.
specch; from a similar particle of air, skin and hands; from that of fire, smell and anus. Subsequent to the evolution of the subtle elements, they were quintuplicated by Iswara's desire he devided the dark particle of cach clement into two parts, of which one-half was kept separate, and sub-divided the other half into four equal parts, and by adding to it each first portion of the other elements kept separate, he made them combine, so that in each there was a fractional combination of five. From this quintuplication of elements has been produced the gross Brahmâ's egg, which includes fourteen abodes inhabited by Devas, Daityas, men etc., with adequate food and drink for their enjoyment. This Iswara's creation is not a cause of happiness or its reverse. They are simply a creation of the individual, for example, (as mentioned elsewhere). Two persons have a son, cach residing in a distant province far from home, one of them dies, the other surviving sent word to his father by a person informing of his success, and the death of that other son; but the person who brought the news misinformed the father from some sinister motive and told him that his son was dead; while the person whose son was actually dead was told that his son world soon be returning home laden with wealth attended by a large retinue, mounted on an elephant. As a result of this the father of the living son is drowned in grief, while he,
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A difference is observable in what the commentator mentions; for beginning with the production of the sensory organs from the good quality, he adds the active along with it. According to the Vedantasara we find only the good quality mentioned and not the active as :
"The organs of sense are the ear skin, eye, tongue and nose. They derive their origin from the good particle of the different elements etc., in consecutive order; that is to say, the Satwa of cther produces the ear, that of air, skin-heat, eye-water, tongue and earth nose. Dhole's Vedantasara p. 20.