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Read on →: sarva-dharmopapatteś ca
sarva-dharmopapatteś ca |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 2.1.37)“And because of the establishment of all attributes [in Brahman, Brahman rightly both remains impartial to jīvas in general and favors his bhaktas specifically].
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Read on →: upapadyate cābhyupalabhyate ca
upapadyate cābhyupalabhyate ca |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 2.1.36)“That [i.e., partiality on the part of Brahman in the form of favoring bhaktas] is also established, and is also observable.”
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Read on →: na karmāvibhāgād iti cen nānāditvāt
na karmāvibhāgād iti cen nānāditvāt |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 2.1.35)“‘No, [Brahman cannot be said to be free from partiality or cruelty just by making reference to karma] because of the non-distinction of karma [from Brahman prior to the emanation of the universe].’ If this [objection is raised], [then to that it is said] no, [karma is not simply undivided prior to the emanation of the universe] because of [karma’s] being beginningless [i.e., because of karma’s becoming recurrently distinguished from Brahman in each successive emanation of the universe in accord with its state at the end of each previous emanation of the universe in a perpetual cycle without beginning].”
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Read on →: vaiṣamya-nairghṛṇye na sāpekṣatvāt tathā hi darśayati
vaiṣamya-nairghṛṇye na sāpekṣatvāt tathā hi darśayati |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 2.1.35)“There exists no partiality or cruelty [in Brahman when he acts as the emanator of the universe] because of [Brahman’s] being dependent [on the karma of the jīvas] since the śāstra shows so.”
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Read on →: lokavat tu līlā-kaivalyam
lokavat tu līlā-kaivalyam |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 2.1.33)“Like a person’s [endeavor to act], it [i.e., Brahman’s endeavor of emanating the universe], rather, is a singularity of play.”
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Read on →: yan martya-līlaupayikaṁ svayoga
yan martya-līlaupayikaṁ svayoga-
māyā-balaṁ darśayatā gṛhītam |
vismāpanaṁ svasya ca saubhagardheḥ
paraṁ padaṁ bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣaṇāṅgam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.2.12; cited in the Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.108; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.215; the Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.1.1, 2.5.108; Prīti Sandarbha: 80; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.21.100)“To show the power of his own yogamāyā, he [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa] assumed [that form of his] which is suited to human [-like] līlā, which is astonishing even to himself, which is the apogee of the excellence of loveliness, and in which the limbs are the ornaments of the ornaments [upon it].”