Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram-5-continued , . Post - 7. Swami Krishnananda

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Mundakopanishad
Chapter 2:
Section 1,
Mantram-5 : Sequence of creation from the imperishable, Continued ...
Post-7
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Mantram-5.

"Tasmad agnih samidho yasya suryah
somat parjanya osadhayah prthivyam,
puman retah sincati yositayam
vahvih prajah purushat samprasutah." (2.1.5).
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1.
osadhayah prthivyam :

When rain falls, plants grow. There is harvest in the fields, and vegetables and all edibles in the world become available to us. But how does rain fall?

A great activity is taking place in the sky, over which we have no control. We cannot create rain, and we will all perish if there is no rain. These vegetables and foodstuffs are eaten by man and are finally converted into the bloodstream, and then into the essences which are responsible for the production of children while living a married life.

2.
puman retah sincati yositayam vahvih prajah purushat samprasutah :

In this manner, the heavenly Purusha is causing, by his own vibration of will, the creation of every little thing in this world. Even the little crawling insects are created by the Supreme Purusha.

Creation takes place in a variety of ways, which is only one illustration of the manner of the relation of cause and effect, highlighting how we, in our crude form of understanding, imagine how something could have come from something else.

Why should anything come from something else? If something is not there which is causeless, and if the ultimate cause also has a cause, there would be a logical regression and the argument will break. A meaningful argument should have an end. Endless arguments are no arguments.

And so, the argument in respect of the effect coming from a cause should lead to a cause which itself has no further cause.

3.
This causeless cause must also be an intelligent cause. Therefore, this ultimate cause is, firstly, without any cause behind it; there is no other cause for it. Secondly, it is intelligent because it is purposive and knows what to create. And thirdly, it is all-pervading because if it is located in one place only, it will be a perishable object. Thus, the Supreme Purusha is indivisible consciousness, all-pervading, and causative of everything in this world.

To be continued ...

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