Verse 61
Ishvara, the
Supreme Creator of the universe, is residing in the heart of all. He is
all-pervading, transcendent, above this creation that He has manifested from
Himself, yet residing in all hearts as the ruler of all, and also the Self of
all.
By a kind of power, which is
called maya here—an inscrutable force, shakti,
that He wields and exerts on everyone—He exercises a permanent control on all
things. His rule of law does not require any emendation in the course of time.
Once creation was willed, everything necessary for the maintenance of this
creation was also simultaneously willed.
Isavasya
Upanishad says,
The Svetasvatara Upanishad has a
verse beginning with
The Briharanyaka Upanishad has a verse beginning with,
The Taittiriya Upanishad III.IX.II beginning …
A verse from The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad beginning with
The Supreme Lord is the ultimate
controller of everything animate and inanimate which are acting under His
external energy prakriti the material
substratum pervading physical existence from whence arise three gunas or modes of material nature which
determines all actions based upon the karma or reactions to previous good and
evil actions enacted in a physical body and five senses which is likened unto a
machine. The purport is that just as a puppet master controls his puppets so
does the Supreme Lord control the jivas.
This rule of law that He laid down
at the beginning of creation for the purpose of the origin, the sustenance, as
well as the end of all things does not require any change from moment to
moment.
That is to say, omniscience being
the quality of God, Ishvara, there is
no necessity for His omniscience to get amended from time to time. It does not
call for changes under any circumstance. The whole thing is controlled permanently,
for ever and ever, right from the beginning, as a machine may be controlled by
an operator of the machine.
Behind all the ever changing
phenomenon in the creation, there is a changeless Brahman, which, though
remaining changeless, lends energy and illumines each and every aspect in this
creation.
Shruti reveals
at its pinnacle in all its grandeur and splendor in Kenopanishad, thus:-
What
speech cannot reveal, but what reveals speech;
What
one cannot feel with the mind; but because of which they say the mind feels;
What
cannot be seen by the eye; but by which the eyes are able to see;
What
cannot be heard by the ear; but by which the ears are able to hear;
That
which one breathes not with his breath; but by which breath is breathed,
KNOW THAT TO BE BRAHMAN
Love.
