मुपादानं नेति 'यतो वा इमानि' इत्यादि वाक्यं प्रतिपादत्येवेति जन्माद्यस्य यतस्तद् ब्रह्मेति सुष्ठूक्तम्।
'सदेव सोम्येदमग्र आसीत् । एकमेवाद्वितीयम् + तदैक्षत। बहु स्यां प्रजायेय' इति। अस्य चायमर्थः--'यस्यात्मा शरीरम्' 'यस्याक्षरं शरीरं यस्य पृथिवीं शरीरं यस्याव्यक्तं शरीरम्, एष सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा- पहतपाप्मा दिव्यो देव एको नारायणः' इत्यादिश्रुतेर्ब्रह्मणः सर्वदा चिदचिद्वस्तुशरीरकत्वात् सदेवेदमिदानीं स्थूलचिदचिद्वस्तुशरीरकत्वेन विभक्त-
in excellence and opposed to all evils. That Brahman is the efficient cause and the material cause of the world is established by the text, 'From whom all these beings are born Tait. III.1.1). Thus this has been correctly stated-He is the Brahman, from whom proceed the creation, etc. of this universe.
Consider the scriptural text-' Existence alone, my dear boy, this word was in the beginning one only, without a second. It thought may I become many and be born' (Chand. VI-2-1). The meaning of this text is this-That Brahman has always all the sentient and the non.sentient beings as the body has been proved by the following scriptural texts- (1) 'He, whose body is the self' (Madh. Brahmaa). (2) 'He, whose body is the indestructible one, He, whose body is the earth, He, whose body is the Avyakta, He is the inner Self of all beings; He is devoid of sins, He is the Divine Lord. He is the One Niirayat;a' (Sub. VII-I ). Now the Existence, that has the sentient and non-sentient beings in a gross form as Its body, manifested Itself as having
