Satapatha Bramhana Part 05

SR No.: 007680
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1900
Total Pages: 2017
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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III ADHYAYA, 2 PÂDA, 2.
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SECOND PÅDA. 1. In the intermediate sphere the creation (is effected by the soul); for (Scripture) says (so).
So far it has been shown that the soul in the waking state suffers affliction since, in accordance with its deeds, it goes, returns, is born, and so on. Next an enquiry is instituted into its condition in the state of dream. With reference to the state of dreaming Scripture says, 'There are no chariots in that state, no horses, no roads; then he creates chariots, horses and roads. There are no blessings, no happiness, no joys; then he himself creates blessings, happiness, joys, and so on. For he is the creator' (Bri. Up. IV, 3, 10). A doubt here arises whether this creation of chariots and the rest is accomplished by the individual soul, or by the Lord.— The creation in the intermediate state' is due to the individual soul only. The intermediate state' means the sphere of dreams, in agreement with the passage There is a third intermediate state, the place of dreams' (Bri. Up. IV, 3, 1). And that creation is effected by the soul only; for what is referred to in the passages "he creates,' 'For he is the maker,' is none other but the dreaming soul.
2. And some (state the soul to be) the shaper ; and sons, and so on.
And the followers of one såkhà state in their text that the dreaming soul is the shaper of its desires : 'He, the person who is awake in those who sleep, shaping one desired thing (kama) after the other. The term kama' there denotes not mere desires, but such things as sons and the like which are objects of desire. For sons and so on are introduced as 'kâmas' in previous passages : * Ask for all kåmas according to thy wish'; 'Choose sons and grandsons living a hundred years' (I, I, 25; 23). The individual soul thus creates chariots, and so on, in its dreams. That the soul has the power of realising all its
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