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sridatta1 · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 627 Location: india

The cause is absolute plane and its effect is relative plane
79) Dve dashe pruthagvaachye .

(The absolute and relative planes are completely separate).
The cause is absolute plane and its effect is relative plane. Gold is the cause and chain is its effect. The lump of gold has no shape but its effect, the chain, has a specific shape. When you are talking about the beauty of the shape of the chain, the quantity or quality of gold is not touched. When you talk about the quality and quantity of gold, you should not talk about the beauty of the design of chain. The former is absolute plane and latter is relative plane. When you are in one plane, you should not bring the other plane and get confused.

80) Pruthakkrutadashaadvayavaadino guravah .

(The spiritual preachers give commentaries standing in one of these two planes separately).
The three great spiritual preachers i.e., Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva gave commentaries standing in one of these two planes separately. Shankara stood in absolute plane and gave His commentary. Ramanuja and Madhva stood in relative plane and gave their commentaries. You cannot mix their commentaries and get confusion due to contradiction. The two planes contradict each other and therefore the corresponding commentaries also contradict each other. You should not compare these commentaries and create contradiction between commentaries.