what is its place?—­The place where the eyebrows and the nose join.  That is the joining place of the heavenly world (represented by the upper part of the head) and of the other (i.e. the earthly world represented by the chin).’ (Jabala Up.  I.)—­Thus it appears that the scriptural statement which ascribes to the highest Lord the measure of a span is appropriate.  That the highest Lord is called abhivimana refers to his being the inward Self of all.  As such he is directly measured, i.e. known by all animate beings.  Or else the word may be explained as ’he who is near everywhere—­as the inward Self—­and who at the same time is measureless’ (as being infinite).  Or else it may denote the highest Lord as him who, as the cause of the world, measures it out, i.e. creates it.  By all this it is proved that Vai/s/vanara is the highest Lord.

Notes: 

[Footnote 136:  The clause ‘he is to meditate with a calm mind’ if taken as a gu/n/avidhi, i.e. as enjoining some secondary matter, viz. calmness of mind of the meditating person, cannot at the same time enjoin meditation; for that would involve a so-called split of the sentence (vakyabheda).]

[Footnote 137:  Jivezpi dehadib/rim/hanaj jyastvanyayad va brahmatety artha/h/.  An.  Gi.]

[Footnote 138:  The discussion is brought on by the term ‘vivakshita’ in the Sutra whose meaning is ‘expressed, aimed at,’ but more literally ‘desired to be expressed.’]

[Footnote 139:  Because he is vyapin.]

[Footnote 140:  Another interpretation of the later part of Sutra.]

[Footnote 141:  Cp.  Ka/th/a Up, I, 1, 13; 20; I, 2, 14.]

[Footnote 142:  Freedom from impurity can result only from the knowledge that the individual soul is in reality Brahman.  The commentators explain rajas by avidya.]

[Footnote 143:  Tadartham iti, jivasya brahmasiddhyartham iti yavat, kaitanya/kh/ayapanna dhi/h/sukhadina pari/n/amata iti, tatra purushozpi bhakt/ri/tvam ivanubhavati na tattvata iti vaktum adhyaropayati.  Ananda Giri.]

[Footnote 144:  Who, somebody might say, is to be understood here, because immortality and similar qualities belong to him not somehow only, but in their true sense.]

[Footnote 145:  The tikas say that the contents of this last sentence are hinted at by the word ‘and’ in the Sutra.]

[Footnote 146:  I.e. at the beginning of the instruction which the sacred fires give to Upako/s/ala, Ch.  Up.  IV, 10 ff.]

[Footnote 147:  Which words conclude the instruction given by the fires, and introduce the instruction given by the teacher, of which the passage ‘the person that is seen in the eye,’ &c. forms a part.]

[Footnote 148:  A/s/rayantarapratyayasya/s/rayantare kshepa/h/ pratika/h/, yatha brahma/s/abda/h/ paramatmavishayo namadishu kshipyate.  Bha.]

[Footnote 149:  The following sentences give the reason why, although there is only one Brahman, the word Brahman is repeated.]