Vishnu - Nagesh D. Sonde

Therefore, this Creation came to be seen as having been created by him. God
is like the Ocean, the manifestation being as one would see the waves. The waves
exist, but not separate and distinct from the ocean. So does the creation exist not as
separate from the Creator. The tree exists along with the leaves, as separate and not
separate in essence. Every thing exists, even as it exists not separately. He who
knows this becomes part of that Creation. Therefore Vishnu is what the Creation
has come to be and who ever sees any difference in Vishnu and his Creation will
fall in ignorance. Sri Madhva declares unequivocally that in Vedas, Ramayana,
Mahabharata and puranas from the beginning to the end Vishnu alone is eulogized -
„vaodo ramaayaNao caOva puraNao Baarto ca | Adavanto ca maQyao ca ivaYNau: sava-~ gaIyato ||‟. All the names and the gods
mentioned in the Vedas are „naamaaina savaa-iNa naamaivaMSait taM vaO ivaYNauM prmaa dSa-int‟ „AsyaOva sava-naamaaina
vyaitir>sya sava-t: | ya: svatn~: sadOvaok: sa ivaYNau: prmaaomat: |” (Vishnu Tatva Nirnaya).
manasaOvaodmaaPtvyaM naoh naanaa|ist ikMcana |
maR%yaao: sa maR%yaUM gacCit ya [h naanaova pSyait || 11 ||
By mind alone can this be recognized that there exist no difference (between the
prime form and the manifest forms). From death to death he goes who sees any
divergence.
Bhashya :
“tqaOvaavayavaanaaM ca gauNaanaaM ca prsprM | ik`yaaNaaM tona caOtoYaaM BaodivaccaaoBayaM ivadu: | yaan%yaOvaaMQatmaao naa~
kayaa- kaicaiWcaarNaa || [it ca | Bavaodok~ saMyaaogao [va Sabdao|ivaruuwyaao: | Qama-yaao$pmaayaaM vaa svalp%vao vaa ivavaixato
|| [it SabdinaNa-yao | Atao naanaovaotIvaSabdao|%yalpivaYayaao BaodaBaod ivapyaSca |” - Similarly, those who see
even slightest divergence in his limbs and attibutes as well as in his actions or their
outcome, they go without doubt to obscure worlds. No other purpose is served by
such usage of contradictory words, the qualification [va word having been used.
Even in the case of considering two righteous priciples are being compared [va or
Alp qualifying words are used, thus has been said in Shabda Nirnaya. Therefore,
the phrase „naanaa‟ and „[va‟ means „insignificant‟ or „no difference‟.
“p`qamaa ya [h naanaova pSyatIit sva$pBaod inaYaoQaaqa-ma\ | naoh naanaaist ikMcanaoit ikMcana SabdadvayavaanaaM
gauNaanaaM ik`yaaNaaM ca prsprM tWtaM ca BaodinaSaoQaaqa-ma\ || - In the beginning in saying “ya [h naanaova
pSyatIit” it is suggested that there is no difference between the original unmanifest
form of the Supreme Being and in the various manifest forms. Later in “naanaaist
ikMcanaoit ikMcana” it is suggested that there is no difference between the attributes and
actions in original unmanifest Supreme Being and the attributes and actions in the
various manifest forms.
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