SAIVA-SIDDHANTA

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230 THE PERSONALITY OF GOD.
The famous passage in thei/th Brahmana of the 3rd chapter
in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishat deals with God being imma
nent in nature and in man.
Brahman is called Bhava because He exists everywhere at all times,
the root bhu meaning satta or existence. We are taught that Brahman
is the Existent, running through all things. Accordingly the Sruti says ;
"Existent alone, my dear, this at first was, one only without a
second."
(Chha. Up. vi, 2.)
"Truth
(Existence), Wisdom, Endless is Brahman." (Tait. Up. ii, i.)
"He who is existent, who delights in Prana, whose joy is in
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maims. (Tait. Up. i, 6.)
ineffable glory
(Mahanarayana Up. 24.)
and so on. As running through all things as for instance
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existing
cloth existing it is evident that Brahman, the existent, constitutes the
upadana or material cause of all. The jar, for instance, always associated
as it is with clay, is said to be made out of clay, i.e., has clay for its
upadana. Thus Brahman, the existent, is designated by the word Bhava.
Brahman, the all- destroyer, is designated by the word Sarva, derived
from the root Sri to destroy. Brahman is
spoken of as the destroyer
in the following passages :
! hail !
therefore, to the Destroyer, to the Great Devourer
(Atharvasiras
Up.)
whom the Brahmanas and Kshatriyas (are as it
were)
but food
(Katha. Up. ii, 25.)
Brahman is denoted by the word "
hana" the Ruler, as endued with
the unconditioned supreme sovereignty, as revealed in the passage,
Who
rules these worlds with His powers of ruling." (Atharvasiras Up.)
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As the Isvara or Ruler must have some beings to rule over, Brahman
is denoted by the word Master of PaSits or Pa$upati>
subject beings (souls).
Thus, the Sruti says .
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Whom the four-footed as well as two-footed souls (pas us)
Pasupati, the Lord of souls, rules." (Taittiriya Samhita III. i, 4.)
As Pasus (souls) are so called because of pasa (bond), Pasu stands for
both Pasu and Pasa. By this epithet, Brahniau is shown to be the Ruler
of chit, and achit t
of matter and spirit.
Brahman is called Rudra as expelling the malady of samsara , as we
are told in the passage :
knower of Atman crosses beyond grief
(Chha. Up. vii. i.)