In English
The Eight Divine Majestic Powers
Thus, the truth underlying all the four Vedantic pronouncements is the same. It is the principle of ("I") as expressed by (constant integrated awareness). ("I") is the Divine (sound) in all beings. All other sounds have emerged from . That is the reason why the term came to be used. Where is this ? The answer comes from the term, (the one that is present in the moving and the non-moving). How does this exist? As (Infinite effulgence). How does the word issue from the mouth of man? As (in the form of or speech). Even after a man dies, his words survive in the form of electrical waves in the ether. Broadcasts from can be heard simultaneously in distant places. The sounds are carried by radio waves to all places. Because of the power of , we can experience the bliss indicated by the attribute, (Ever-blissful). The blissful nature is the characteristic of one who is . is usually regarded as referring to a heavenly abode like . But it refers to that which permeates everything and is present as a witness. It is also called, . It is the power which makes one believe the unreal as real and the real as unreal. This illusion-producing power is called . A student, for instance, mistakes a rope for a serpent in the semi-darkness of twilight. Immediately he experiences fear. After bringing a torch, he finds that it was not a snake but a rope. His fear disappears. Only the rope existed before he brought the torch. There was no snake in the beginning or later. The snake was a creation of his mind on account of ignorance caused by darkness. Today the darkness of ignorance has to be dispelled. Ignorance is due to (lack of discriminating power). is due to (imaginary apprehension). These imaginary fears are caused by attachment and anger. The latter are the result of , which is a consequence of (birth).