{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe48/sbe48503.htm","path":"hin/sbe48/sbe48503.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe48/sbe48503.htm","text":"6. And the ideas of \u00c2ditya and the rest on the member; on account of this being rational.\n'He who shines up there let a man meditate on him as the Udg\u00eetha' (Kh. Up. I, 3, 1).--With regard to this and similar meditations connected with subordinate parts of sacrificial performances there arises the doubt whether\nthe idea of \u00c2ditya and so on has to be superimposed on the subordinate part of the sacrifice, such as the Udg\u00eetha, or vice vers\u00e2 (i.e. whether \u00c2ditya should be meditated upon under the aspect of the Udg\u00eetha, or vice vers\u00e2).--The P\u00fbrvapakshin holds the former view. For the general principle is that the lower being should be viewed under the aspect of the higher, and the Udg\u00eetha and so on, which are parts of the sacrifices through which certain results are effected, are superior to the divinities who do not accomplish any result.--Of this view the S\u00fbtra disposes. The ideas of \u00c2ditya and so on are to be superimposed on the 'members,' i.e. the Udg\u00eetha and so on, which are constituent members of the sacrifices; because of the gods only superiority can be established. For it is only through the propitiation of the gods that sacrifices are capable of bringing about their results. The Udg\u00eetha and the rest therefore are to be viewed under the aspect of \u00c2ditya and so on.--Here terminates the adhikarana of 'the ideas of \u00c2ditya and so on.'","title":"SBE 48: The Vedanta-Sutras with commentary by Ramanuja, George Thibaut, tr.: First P\u00e2da: 6. And the ideas of \u00c2ditya and the rest on the member","type":"page"}