Vicharmala Granth Satik Pustak 1 to 8

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

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VICHAR MALA.
"That art Thou." Here the first word 'That' refers to intelligence associated with Maya (Illusion), the universal cause endowed with omniscience, invisibility, truth, Intelligence and bliss,*Iswafat is the literal signification of 'That;' 'Thou' refers to Jiva, endowed with the internal organ, subject of egoisin, and manifested or discovered by its function. The verb 'art' establishes their oneness. But to say so is clearly untenable: because Iswara's Intelligence is omniscient, and invisible; while Jiva endowed with the internal organ is parviscient and visible, hence to say 'That art thou' is clearly unsound: for,they are naturally opposed to each other; therefore abandoning the unessential portion, the remaining Intelligence being one in both of them, is meant by the phrase, and this is done according to the canons of Indication known by the name of Abandoning the indication of a part of the meaning.'
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What is Indication? When the purport of a speaker cannot be made out by the literal meaning of a word, it is construed from the import of what is called indication; therefore it is not root of absence of perception as some will have it, but quite its reverse, when between the purport and words expressed there is a want of relation. As "A village on the Ganges." Here it is impossible to have a village situated in the Ganges, which is a river, we therefore, fail to arrive at the purport of the speaker from the help of the literal meaning of the
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To put it algebraically Intelligence + Invisibility Intelligence Visibility. If we omit from both sides of the equation invisibility and visibility which constitute the difference, we have Intelligence Intelligence.
† I doubt very much whether Iswar is ever pure intelligence and bliss. He is Mayaic and represents an anthropomorphic creator. "That' refers to Brahma, to Intelligence marked by invisibility in a state of passive rest, the universal consciousness embracing the collective totality of ignorance, and Ignorauce-associated consciousness Iswara, Hirangarbha and Virat.
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