The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s3.t2.28

v1.c5.s3.t2.28

Measure implies limits and limits mean end and death. It is by man's own, mortal frame that this knowledge of the structure of the universe is confirmed. The square, form of finality, is at the same time that of the pairs of opposites; manifestation is only through the pairs of contraries⁶² and in their balance lies the perfection of the square. Its proportion embodies, and thus resolves, the finality of limitation into a symbol of perfection. Proportion and balance are the form of the subtle (sūkṣma) nature of the square; their residue is the order which belongs to the city of the Dharmarāja, who is Death and a son of the Sun.⁶³ The other son is Manu, the prototype of man who gives its law to each cycle of existence.