एतस्मादात्मन आकाशः संभूतः' 'स कारणं करणाधिपाधिपो न चास्य कश्चिज्जनिता न चाधिपः 'इत्यादिसकलोपनिषत्सु सर्वेश्वर एव हि सर्वजगत्कारणमिति प्रतिपाद्यते ॥|
श्रुतत्वाच्च
श्रुतमेवं ह्यस्यामुपनिषदि 'आत्मनः प्राणः + आत्मन आकाशः' इत्यादावात्मन एव सर्वोत्पत्तिः । अतः प्रधानादचेतनादर्थान्तरभूतः सर्वज्ञः पुरुषोत्तम एव जगत्कारणं ब्रह्मेति स्थितम् ॥
(2) 'From that same Self, the spatial ether came into existence' (Tait. II.1-1).
(3) 'He is the cause. He is the Lord of the lord of the senses. He has neither progenitor nor superior' (S've. VI-9).
12. Srutatvacca
Because also it is revealed (in the very Upanisad in which the passage under discussion occurs, and in other Upanisads, that the Supreme Self is the cause of the universe).
Indeed, in this Upanisad (viz. the Chandogya) in the following passages, 'From the Self the Prana came into existence etc, and from the Self, the spatial ether came into existence (chand. VII-26-1)' it is stated that all are produced from the Self only. Therefore that the cause of the universe is the Brahman who is all-knowing Highest person and distinct from the inanimate Pradhana, stands firmly.
आत्मन इत्येवात्रत्येषु सर्वेषु तालपत्रकोशेषु पाठः । मुद्रितकोशपाठस्तु आत्मत इति।
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