Sri Paramatma Sandarbha, Part 70
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Feb 01, 2021 — CANADA (SUN) — Sad Sandarbhas by Srila Jiva Goswami
Sri Paramatma-sandarbha
Volume Three
by Srila Jiva Goswami
Anuccheda 76
Text 1
tad evam vaktum karanastitvam drstantena pratipadayati
That the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of the material world is shown by the following example (Srimad- Bhagavatam 12.5.27):
Text 2
satyam hy avayavah proktah
sarvavayavinam iha vinarthena pratiyeran
patasyevanga tantavah
"The Absolute truth is the origin of all. As threads may be seen as separate from the whole cloth, so the creation may be seen to be separate from the Supreme Lord."
Text 3
sarvesam avayavinam sthula-vastunam avayavah karanam satyam satyo vyabhicara-rahitah proktah. loke tatha darsanad ity aha vineti. arthena sthula-rupena patenapi vina.
Here "sarvavayavinam" means of all the gross ingredients of the material world". "avayavah" means the cause", "satyam" means "the Absolute Truth", and "proktah" means "is said to be changeless". Then an example from the material world is given. "Vina arthena" means "as the entire cloth is different".
Anuccheda 77
Text 1
tasmin kartastitvam api vyatirekena pratipadayati
That the Lord is the Supreme Creator is also described in these words of Srimad-Bhagavatam (12.4.28):
Text 2
yat samanya-visesabhyam
upalabhyeta sa bhramah
"It is a mistake to think in terms of the whole and the part."
Text 3
ayam arthah. yady evam ucyate. purvam suksmakarenapi jagan nasit. kintu samanyam kevalam suddham brahmaivasit tad eva saktya nimitta-bhutaya visesakarena jagad-rupena parinatam iti. tad asat. yato yad eva samanya-visesabhyam upalabhyeta sa bhramo vivarta-vada eva. tatra hi suddham brahmaivajnana-rupaya saktya jagat taya vivrtam iti matam. na casmakam tad-abhyupapattih. parinama-vadasya sat- karyata-purvakatvad ity arthah.
Here is the meaning. Someone may say: "Before the creation the material world did not exist in a subtle form. At that time only the pure Supreme Brahman existed. Then, by the agency of His own potency, the Supreme Brahman transformed Himself into the material world. Therefore the material world is not real. It is an illusion." This theory, called vivarta-vada (the theory of transformation), is expounded here in the words "samanya-visesabhyam upalabhyeta sa bhramah". According to this theory the Supreme Brahman employs His potency of ignorance to manifest the material world. We do not accept this theory of transformation. the actual truth, that the material world is indeed real, has already been proved in this book.
