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finite. How can the finite know the.Infinite? The gross impuremind cannot approach Brahman. But the subtle, pure mindonly can go there, for pure mind is Brahman itself.Speech cannot reveal or illumine Brahman. Brahman isbeyond the organs of speech. The tongue speaks through thepower or light of Brahman. Speech is infinite. How can thefinite speech reveal the infinite Brahman. Brahman onlyillumines speech and its organ Vak which is presided over byfire (Agni); so Brahman is speech of speech, tongue oftongue. The Vajasaneyaka says, "Brahman is within speechand direcls speech." This Atman is Brahman or Bhuma(infinite or the unconditioned). Brahman is unsurpassable, big,great, highest of all, all-pervading. So He is called Brahman.The mind is connected with all organs. It is the commanderor the chief. The Srutis say, "Desire, volition, deliberation,faith, negligence, courage, timidity, shame, intelligence, fear,etc., are mind."Mind is the Drik or seer, the objects are the Drishya orvisible objects. Atman or Brahman is the Drik, mind is theDrishya. The mind cannot approach Brahman. The mind isenlightened by the intelligence of Brahman shining within.The mind functions through the light and power of Brahman.The mind is pervaded by the Brahman. So say the knowers ofBrahman. The interior intelligence of the mind is Brahman.The mind comprehends the world or objects through thepower or light or intelligence of Brahman.The senses carry the sense impressions or images of objectsto the mind. The mind presents them to the Self or Atman orPurusha. The Purusha beholds them, gazes and fixes His sealand retums them back to the mind, just as the king puts hisseal on.papers and returns them back to the prime minister.Then only comprehension of objects becomes perfect.Brahman directs the eye towards form. Brahman cannot beseen by the eye, as He is not an object of perception. Eye is aWISDOM OF THE UPANISHADS 161