BHRUGUVALLI FIFTH ANUVAKA

                 
                   

                  

                        Brahmavignanechathurthaparyaya(Fourth Attempt at Bbrahmavignana)

                 

Mantra:  vignanam brahmeti vyajanath vignanadhyaiva khalvimani bhutani jayante………

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Meaning: Through his rigorous penance, sage Bhrugu knew that Vignana is verily the Brahman as all creation, protection, and destruction are due to it But again the doubt lingered in him that vignana cannot be considered as the BRAHMAN.

He requested his father to instruct him on the Brahman again. Varuna, his father, instructed him to continue his penance again and understand the Brahman as tapas itself is the Brahman. Sage Bhrugu continued his tapas.

According to Sruthi: “vignanam yagnam thanuthe” it becomes the doer or  kartha. The doer is subjected to sorrow or grief. Brahma is not the doer or kartha. He has no sorrow or grief. so sage Bhrugu was certain that vignanam is not the Brahman.

Through vignana and its activities bodies can be created but not elements like akasa or the sky.  so vignana cannot be the Brahman.

Vignana is the cause of livelihood and it is also the cause of death and destruction during battles and wars.

OM  THATH  SATH.