GOD MORNING : Patavaccha 11.1.19(153) And like a piece of cloth. Patavat: like a piece of cloth; Cha: and. Just as a rolled or folded piece of cloth is subsequently unrolled or unfolded, so also the world which rested unmanifested before creation becomes afterwards manifested. The world is like a folded cloth before creation. It is like a cloth that is spread out after creation. A folded cloth is not seen as a cloth till it is spread out. The threads are not seen as a cloth till they are woven. Even so, the effect is in the cause and is identical with the cause. In the folded state you cannot make out whether it is a cloth or anything else. But when it is spread out you can clearly know that is a cloth. In the state of dissolution (Pralaya) the world exists in a seed state or potential condition in Brahman. There are no names and forms. The universe is in an undifferen-tiated or unmanifested state. It takes a gross form after creation. The names and forms are differentiated and manifested. As a piece of cloth is not different from the threads, so the effect (world) is not different from its cause (Brahman). The word Cha (and) of the Sutra shows that other illustrations like the seed and the tree may also be given here. When the cloth is folded, you do not know of what definite length and width it is. But when it is unfolded you know all these particulars. You also know that the cloth is not different from the folded object. The effect, the piece of cloth, is unmanifested as long as it exists in its cause, i.e., the threads. It becomes manifest and is clearly seen on account of the operations of shuttle, loom, weaver, etc. The conclusion is that the effect is not different from the cause.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:59:40 +0000
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