Sarvadarshanasangraha 7.30
Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha 7.30
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7.30
nanu pañcavaktras tripañcadṛg ityādināgameṣu parameśvarasya mukhyata eva śarīrendriyādiyogaḥ śrūyata iti cet — satyam/ nirākāre dhyānapūjādyasaṃbhavena bhaktānugrahakāraṇāya tattadākāragrahaṇāvirodhāt/ tad uktaṃ śrīmatpauṣkare —
If it be objected: Is it not heard in the scriptures that the Supreme Lord is primarily endowed with a body, sense organs, and the like, in passages such as 'five-faced, fifteen-eyed'? — [we reply:] True. Because meditation, worship, and the like are impossible towards the formless, there is no contradiction in his assuming various forms for the sake of bestowing grace upon devotees. That has been said in the venerable Pauṣkara:
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- Siddhāntārthasamuccaya — Sanskrit
- Siddhāntasārasamuccayaḥ — Sanskrit