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sridatta1 · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 652 Location: india

The word Brahman here does not indicate space as God
101) Vargottame ekshaashruteh dhutah gunah Brahmasutraat .

(All the merits of the space are thrown away by the Vedic statement, which says that God wished to create the world and this is in Brahmasutra. Here, space is Brahman due to its greatness in category).
Space is called as Brahman because it is the greatest in the universe but it cannot be God for philosophers, though it is God for all atheists and scientists. The reason is due to the single defect that space cannot wish to create the universe as said in Veda. In Veda it is said that God wished to create the universe. By this single point, all the merits of the space are thrown away in the Brahma Sutra (Ekshaternaashabdam). Therefore, space is called as Brahman in the sense that it is greatest among all the items of creation and the word Brahman here does not indicate space as God.