Passage 10

In English

Though man undergoes different experiences in the three states of waking, dream and deep sleep, he is the ‘one’ undercurrent that runs through all these stages. Though the experiences are different the ‘Experiencer’ is one. As he is present in all the three states of ‘,’ ‘’ and ‘’ and the three times of Past, Present and the Future, man is omnipresent. In a way man is the very Trinity - , and . is symbolic of Sathwic attribute, that of Rajasic attribute and of Tamasic attribute. As long as man contains in himself all these three attributes - , and , he is the embodiment of Trinity. Man has to undergo different experiences dominated by different qualities from time to time. Man has to experience pleasure as well as pain, sun as well as rain. Man cannot understand the value of joy unless he experiences pain. Man cannot realise the value of food unless he is hungry. Hunger enables man to relish food, and sorrow enables man to relish joy. Pain and pleasure are like sun and shadow, both go together.