PARABRAHMA SUTRAS (52-55)

52. Ajne vaatsalyaashishaa sannihitabhaavikriyaa proktam vaa.

Translation: If you say that Svetaketu in Veda is ignorant, the present tense of the verb can be taken as the immediate future tense to suit to the blessing given by his loving father or we can take Brahman here as the soul as said in the above sutras.

Explanation: When Veda says that you are Brahman, we can take as usual as said above. Brahman stands for soul and therefore the soul present even in ignorant person like Svetaketu is not exception to this concept. Alternatively, we can take other angle also, in which, the father is blessing his son (Svetaketu) due to excess of love, so that the ignorant soul is blessed to become God by becoming human incarnation in very short future. Here the verb is in present tense (you are that). To mean the immediate future in blessing, present tense of the verb can be used. For example, if I say that you are going, it means that you are going very shortly. This angle is also good since this reflects the blessing of the father in which the excess love is exhibited.

53. Sparshaaya gopyo na bhedo dravyajadashaktichitaam.

Translation: The sages were willing to touch God and they were born as Gopikas with such desire. There is no basic difference between matter, inert energy and awareness.

Explanation: God can charge even the inert gross body, if there is requirement. You cannot limit the omnipotent and unimaginable God to be capable of charging the soul only. The sages were born as Gopikas to touch God through embracement etc. and for this purpose, God charged the body of Krishna also so that by touching His body, they could touch God. God fulfilled their desire since they were anxious about God from several births. Moreover, there is no basic difference between inert energy, matter and awareness. According to science also matter is a form of inert energy. The same inert energy is in the form of special work called as awareness. Hence, there is no basic difference between these three phases. Hence, to charge any phase, there is no basic difference. Hence, from the angle of the medium also, there is no hurdle at all.

54. Mayatpanchamikaaryarupam shruyate sthulam.

Translation: The gross body is a modification of matter or food, described as cause is stated in Veda.

Explanation: Veda says that the soul is the modification of food (Annarasamayah…). Veda also says that the soul is the product of food (Annaat purushah…). This clearly proves that the soul is just another form of food only. Therefore, there is no difference between the body and soul in basic sense.

55. Jivo nityopi purvakaryamevopachito navagunaih.

Translation: Even though the jiva is eternal, he was the product of food in past. Even now jiva is becoming stronger by new qualities produced with the help of basic awareness that is generated from the present food.

Explanation: The soul, taken as a group of qualities, is called as jiva. The soul or jiva is eternal in the sense that he is coming from past several births. He is not generated in this birth from the present food. But still, the jiva was the product of food in some past time. From the present food, general awareness is generated, which is modified into qualities based on the present environment. The soul becomes stronger and stronger by the added strong new qualities. However, weak qualities produced in the present birth fade away. Hence, in spite of eternality of jiva (soul), you cannot do away with the basic concept that the soul is the product of food.