PARABRAHMA SUTRAS (82-84)

82. Tasyadruguchyate na gamyate rajamahishivat.

Translation: God’s view is only explained by us and not practically attained similar to the aspect of king to queen.

Explanation: Our view regarding us and the rest of world cannot exist in the absolute plane. We can just imagine the position of the absolute plane but we cannot have the practical existence in the absolute plane. When we talk about the absolute plane, it does not mean that we have actually reached the absolute plane. We are only imagining the position of absolute plane, which is practically impossible to attain for us. We can say that world is unreal in God’s view. This does not mean that our view becomes practically God’s view and that the world becomes unreal for us. If you say that the king can shout at the queen, it does not mean that you can shout at the queen.

83. Manushyopaadhauvapi na dashaadvayavirodhah.

Translation: Even in the case of human incarnation of God, the two planes do not co-exist to contradict each other.

Explanation: When God enters the medium of a human form, such human incarnation is an ordinary human being externally but is God internally. If you cannot recognize Him internally, you will speak relative plane only regarding the world in His view. If you recognize Him as God internally, you will speak the absolute plane regarding the world in His view. Once the absolute plane is mentioned, the relative plane does not exist. If you are not recognizing Him as God, even though He is in absolute plane, you will misunderstand Him in the relative plane only. Hence, even in His case, the two planes do not co-exist and contradict each other. If you have realized Him as God, there is no relative plane in His view since the relative plane cannot co-exist with the absolute plane. If you have not realized Him as God due to your ignorance based on ego and jealousy, even then, actually the absolute plane alone is existing in His view and not the relative plane. Any way, in your ignorance also, only the relative plane is existing as per your view regarding the world in His view and thus here also, there are no two planes.

84. Bhraantaa vayam na sah paramaarthaanubhavaabhaavaat.

Translation: The illusion of the relative plane is only for us and not for God, due to lack of practical experience of the absolute of plane for us at any time.

Explanation: The human incarnation is always in the absolute plane and the relative plane never exists for Him because the illusion causing the existence of relative plane is never for God. Hence, there is no point of the existence of relative plane in the view of God at any time. Only we, the ordinary souls are affected by the illusion and experience the existence of the relative plane. Since we can only imagine about the absolute plane and can never practically experience it in reality, we will not believe the existence of absolute plane even in the view of human incarnation. Since, our practical experience is always confined to the relative plane, we also try to imagine the relative plane only even for the human incarnation. Hence, the basic reason for us not to believe the existence of absolute plane for human incarnation is the lack of practical experience for us regarding the absolute plane at any time.