Tattva Bodha implied meaning of ‘tat’word is again the pure consciousness devoid of any dharma of upadhi’s.”
In the previous sections the Acharya discussed the word
meaning and the implied meaning of ‘tvam’ pada the Jiva. Similarly now the Teacher goes on to discuss the ‘Tat’ or ‘That’ word. Tat pad also has two meanings. The superficial ‘word’ meaning - the Vachyartha; and the real ‘implied’ meaning, or the Lakshyartha.
The superficial meaning of Tat Pada
The superficial meaning of Tat Pada is Ishvara when he
dons his Maya shakti and comes to be the creator, sustainer and destroyer of the universe. The manifestation of Ishvara being predominantly sattwik is known as Vishuddh sattva pradhaan upahit chaitanya. Whenever the mind of anyone is predominantly sattwic then knowledge and power are manifested to its best capacity and therefore one can understand how Ishvara is thus omniscient and omnipotent etc.
Having said this the scriptures also reveal that if Ish-
vara is the manifested cosmic consciousness then what happens when the the entire manifestation of the universe dissolves?
V edanta Sandes h
Does Ishvara still exist? Yes. This is the underlying truth that
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