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suthra-12-eeshathikarmavyapadhEsaathsah-1-3-12



It is Brahman as He is mentioned as the object of seeing.



In prasnaupanishad there is this passage 'yah punarEtham thrimAthrENa
OmithyEthEna Eva aksharENa param purusham abhiDHyAyeetha sa thEjasi
surye sampannah yaTHA pAdhodharasthvachA vinirmuchyathE EVam havaisha
pApmanA vinirmukthah sa sAmabhirunneeyathE brahmalOkam, sa EthasmAth
jivaGhanAth parAth param purisAyam purusham eekshathE'.





One who meditates on the Supreme self with the three syllables of "OM",
reaches the light and the sun.He frees himself from sin as a snake from
its skin. He is led by the saman verses to the world of Brahman where he
sees the supreme person, higher than individual souls, dwelling in
there. (Pras-5-2)



Here the object of meditation and that of 'seeing' is the same by the
thathkrathu nyAya.That is, 'yaTHAkrathurasmin lOkE purushah,'
(Chan.3-14) which means ,according to one's thought, is his world, and
therefore what one meditates on he sees that only. The object of
meditation is thus mentioned as paramapurushah, whom  the upasaka sees,
as dwelling,in BrahmalOka. A doubt arises on account of the usage
brahmalOka as to whether this purusha is HiraNyagarbha, that is, the
four-faced Brahma or the Parabrahman. This view is supported by the
mention of the one who meditates on the first mAthra of praNava returns
to the mortal world, by meditating on the two mAthras he reaches the
world of the Moon in the heavens and on meditating on all the three
mAthras he attains brahmalOka which is above the heavens in the
preceding verse. This points out only to the world of HiraNyagarbha. the
expression 'EthasmATh jivaGHanATH paRATHparam' indicates the brahma who,
being the collective self is higher and subtler than the individual soul
who is described as GHana, being connected with gross matter. The
qualities mentioned as ajarathva devoid of old age etc are to be
reconciled with the concept of HiraNyagarbha.



This view is refuted by the suthra because there is a clear mentionof
the object of seeing as the Brahman. In the concluding verse quoted by
the purvapakshin, it is said  'Tham onkArENa EVa ayathanEna anvEthi
vidvAn yath shAnthamajaram amrtham abhayam param cha. by the omkara the
wise know him to be free from old age, immortal, fearless and the
highest.' These attributes belong to Brahman only. Moreover the
expression 'EthasmAth jeevaGHanAth paraTHparam,'  higher than the souls
in gross form applies to the HiraNyagarbha also as he is the first
creation and hence endowed with a body. By the attributes mentioned ,
namely ajaram amrtham etc. the dwelling place of such person seen by the
meditator of praNava cannot be brahmalOka of the HiraANyagarbha but of
the supreme self only. Also the place attained by one who is released
from all sins cannot be the lOka of Brahma. This we know from the text
'thadhvishnOfparam padham sadhA pasyanthi soorayah, (Subala.6) the wise
see the asode of VishNu always.' The conclusion that the brahmaloka is
above the sky is not correct because there are several worlds which
intervene.So the object of 'seeing' is the Parabrahman only.


































       


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