PRANAVA-VADA

SECTION III. (Oontinued.)
CHAPTER XXVII.
PARA AND APARA-PRAKJ.tTI.
Light and shade as Para and A para-prakrti.­
JivatIria as the third.-The next stage of condensation
as saHva, rajas and tamas; corresponding
to ..A.tma-(orJivatma-) prakrti, ParaandApari
respectively.-Endless repetitions of these and
further and further condensatiolls.-M an a s, bU9-
9hi, and ahailkara.-ChiHa, mahaHva and mamatva.-Thence
three akash It s.-Thence three
vayus, and so on.-Endless triplets, even denser
than earth.-Other counts, by sevens, etc.-Formations
of Il'toms by action and re-action.
New facts and names arise out of this conjUllction
of light and shade that was described
in the preceding chapter. Light is Par ap
l' a k r t j; shadow is A par ii.-p l' a k r P; the
t picture' born of the two is the J i v it t m i1.
Out of the conjunctions of this triplet of Par it,
A par it 3.nd J i v it t m ii, arises the other triplet
of sat t v a, r It j a s, and tam It s. The first is
At m a-p l' It k r t i, i.e., the Self Itself (the
possessor of the light); raj as is Pit l' a-p r a k r t i
or prakaB.ha, light; tamas (darkness)
is A pit r it-p l' a k r t i.1 In other words, the I is
1 In the preceding chapter, A par a t m a was
said to possess the quality of light and to reside