VI. 5.) PRASNOPANISHAD-BHASHYA 59 Though the attribute of being the creator of the sixteen parts belongs to the Supreme Self, still it may be seen that the individual is stated to have the attribute of being the creator on account of his being the agent of actions whose unseen result is their cause. Therefore the individual soul has created these sixteen parts that are useful for its own enjoyment, though its actions result in the useen effect which is their cause. Since consequently he is the enjoyer of them the attribute of having sixteen parts belongs to the individual soul. VI. 5. Sa yathema nadyaḥ syandamānāh samudra. yanāh samudram prāpyāstam gacchanti bhidyete tāsām namarūpe samudra ityevam procyate ; evamevāsya paridrastur imāḥ sodasa kalah purusa yanah puruşam prāpyas- tam gacchanti bhidyete tasan namarüpe purusa ityevam procyate. Sa eso'kalo'mrto bhavati. Tad eşa ślokah: Just as the rivers flowing towards the sea, after reaching it, lose themselves in it, their names and forms are lost and (thus) there is only mention as the sea, even so, these sixteen parts of this seer having the person as their goal reaching him lose themselves. Their names and forms are lost. There is mention only as the person. This (person) is partless (integral) and immortal. In this context the following verse: COMMENTARY: Now he (Pippalāda) explains that the Supreme Self not being such (that is with sixteen parts), is without parts, and through this, that He is that whom the seeker of liberation should know. Yatha nadyah: Just as the rivers, such as the Ganges samudrāyanāḥ: Here the word ' ayana' by indicating the supporter refers to the form; those of the form of the sea ; becoming fit to be conceived as inseparable from the sea samudram prāpya: having reached the sea,
