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THE SVETAVATARA UPANISHAT. 14!
attribute. The energy of heat is not conceived to be distinct
and so on.
from fire"
Vayu-Samhita too says: (Parva, 25, ch. 18 and 19).
Sakti up to earth, (the whole world)
is born of the
principle Siva. By him alone, it is pervaded, as the jar &c., by
clay. Bis variegated Supreme Sakti, whose form is know
ledge and bliss, appears as one and many, like the light of the
sixn.
The following passage of the Sruti speak of Para-Brahman
as possessed of infinite powers of creating, ruling and maintain
ing the world,
all inherent in him.
His- Supreme Sakti is
spoken of as manifold, inherent,
endued with the activity of knowledge and life."
(Svetas. 6-8).
verily is Rudra, they were not for a second who
rules these worlds with the powers of the ruling." (3-2).
"In short, on the authority of the Sruti, Smriti, Itihasa,
Purana, and the saying of the learned, the Supreme Sakti
whose manifold manifestation, this whole universe of Chit and
Achit is, whose being is
composed of Supreme Existence, Intelli
gence and unlimited by space and time is inherent in the
nature of Siva, the Supreme Brahman, and constitutes His own
essential form and quality.
Apart from Sakti, He cannot be the
Omniscient, the Omnipotent, the cause of all, the all controlling,
the t
all adorable, the all-gracious, the means of attaining all
aspirations, and the omnipresent ; and, moreover, such grand
designations as "Mahesvara", the Supreme Lord, "Mahadeva,"
the Supreme Deity, and Rudra, the expeller of pain, cannot
apply to him. Thus, it is Brahman whose body is the whole
sentient and insentient universe, and who is denoted by
all words. Just as the word blue denotes not the blue
colour only, but also the lotus which is of a blue colour,
so does the word universe also denotes Brahman. There
fore such passages as "All is Rudra verily"
teach that
Brahman is denoted by all words. Accordingly the passage