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sridatta1 · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 649 Location: india

This creation is generated from God and hence can be treated as daughter

Kaaryam tu na tarkyam vinodaaya putrijaayaarthe shrutagitam.

(This creation is generated from God and hence can be treated as daughter. In the world, any effect gets the qualities of its cause. But the imaginable world gets no quality of unimaginable God. Hence, the creation is a separate individual entity giving entertainment to God and can be treated as wife. God is beyond worldly logic of cause and effect).

It is said that Brahma married His own daughter, Sarswati. The inner meaning is not understood. The daughter means that the world is created by God. In the world any product gets the qualities of its cause. The color of gold is seen in its chain. But in the world the cause and effect are imaginable items. But, though the world is imaginable, God, its cause, is unimaginable. Hence, this case of God and world is beyond the normal logic of the worldly cause and effect. Hence, though world is effect, since it is generated from God, it is also not the effect, since the qualities of cause have not entered the effect.

Therefore, from the second angle the world can be treated as an independent entity giving entertainment to God like wife. Veda and Gita are authorities for both the concepts of world being the product of God and also not getting any quality of God. Veda says that world is produced by God (Yato vaa…). Gita also says the same (Aham sarvasya jagatah…). Veda says that no item in the world is God, which is completely different from God (Neti Neti…). Gita also says the same (Natvaham teshu….).