| 15. And I am
seated in the hearts of all: from Me are memory, knowledge, as well as their
loss ; it is I who am to be known by all the Vedas, I am indeed the author
of the Vedanta as well as the knower of the Vedas.I dwell in the hearts
(buddhi) of all sentient beings as their Self. Wherefore from Me t, the
Self of all sentient beings, are memory, knowledge, as well as their loss.
just as knowledge and memory occur in righteous persons as a result of their
good deeds (punyakarmani), so as a result of their sins, loss of memory
and knowledge occur in the sinful, I, the Supreme Self, am to be known in
all the Vedas. It is I who cause the Teaching of the Vedanta (Upanishads)
to be handed down in regular succession, and it is I who know the Vedic
Teaching. The Lord beyond the perishable and the imperishable universe.
From xv.12, et. seq a summary has been given of the glories of Narayana,
the Blessed Lord, as manifested through superior upadhis. Now, in the following
verses, the Lord proceeds to determine the true nature of the same (Blessed
Lord), who is pure and unlimited, being quite distinct from all perishable
(kshara) and imperishable (akshara) upadhis. First, then, the Lord arranges
all that is taught in the preceding as well as in the succeeding discourses
in three groups and says: |
