161. Param dutaabhyaam svabhaagayoreva kaalaanukulam.
Translation: Afterwards, when the proper time came, He sent His messengers to stress the two relevant parts of His own spiritual concept.
Explanation: Ramanuja never criticized Shankara. He criticized only the disciples of Shankara (Yaduchyate Shaankaraih…), who misunderstood the monism and were not spiritually developing. Every Tam, Dick and Harry started thinking that he was already God. Therefore, the truth was revealed to them through Ramanuja. Since, the concept of theism became firm, nobody became atheist. Those who realized the truth climbed the step of devotion accepting dualism. Those who were not convinced remained in monism only and did not become atheists. Subsequently, Shankara sent His another servant Vayu, an angel, in the form of Madhva to preach the third and final step of practical devotion. Madhva, Himself claimed as the incarnation of Vayu and Vayu is only one of the angels. Dualism is not a new invention of Ramanuja and Madhva. It was already stressed in the prayers by Shankara. Ramanuja and Madhva stressed the devotion and dualism, which are parts of the total spiritual concept of Shankara only.
162. Mulamaayaiva naro bhaagaat tadatitahetorapi na graahyam.
Translation: The human being is the Mula Maya only in essence and it being the part of illusion and God being beyond the entire creation, God is not grasped by any human being.
Explanation: The human being is a composite of three parts: The outer most gross body being the condensed matter, the inner subtle body being the group of different works of inert energy and the inner most causal body being the very inert primordial energy, all these three are in essence the Mula Maya or the primordial energy only. Since the primordial energy is the illusion created by God, the human being becomes a part of the illusion itself. God being beyond the entire illusion cannot be grasped by the human being. These two points are the reasons for the human beings in not grasping the original nature of God.
163. Anuhyataiva gitamaashcharyam.
Translation: The surprise that is mentioned in Gita is nothing but the unimaginable nature of the God.
Explanation: In Gita it is said that one sees God with surprise, one hears about God with surprise and one speaks about God with surprise. Finally Gita says that nobody understands God even after hearing lot about God (Aashcharyavat…). The surprise mentioned about all aspects of God indicates just the unimaginable nature of God. There is no surprise if the concept is understood. When any point is not understood, then only the surprise arises.
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