II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

ॐ नमो जी आद्या| वेद प्रतिपाद्या| जय जय स्वसंवेद्या| आत्मरूपा ||१-१||

आद्या:
To shape the clay into a pot a potter is needed. Without him there is no earthen pot, or in other words, the pot without the potter is non-existent. So when he shapes it out of clay he is the cause and the pot the effect. 

Causes" or "karanas" are divided into two categories: "nimitta" and "upadana". You need earth or clay as a material to make a pot. So earth is the upadana for the pot. But how does it become a pot? Does it become a pot by itself? It has to be shaped by a potter. So the potter is the cause- he is the nimitta.

 'aadya' suggests that this distinction of upadan and karan however does not hold good for Brahman, for It is the Brahman, with its power of Maya, that appears in the disguise of creation. For the potter who is the Paramatman there is no other entity other than himself called clay."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II

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