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Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 : 13.

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23/11/2018 Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 :  Discussion-13. (Mundakopanishad : Chapter-1 : Section-1 :Mantram-9) But God does not just dissipate Himself in the knowledge of particulars. There is a general control over the whole of creation, and there He has a cosmic generality of knowledge. The great cosmic order is in His mind. This is the sarvajñah, or the generality of the knowledge of God. But the particularity is every little detail, even to counting the number of hairs of a person or the breaths that he breathes. That also is known to Him. Can we imagine what kind of knowledge God must have?  How many creatures are there in this creation: gods, demons, human beings, subhuman creatures, insects, and so on? How many leaves on the tree? He will count them. Unimaginable power of comprehension! So God knows everything in general as well as in particular. That is the meaning of being sarvajñah and sarva-vid. Yasya jñanamayam tapah. We are told that God