The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c5.s3.t3.9

c5.s3.t3.9

First it is to be noted that the Gods are nowhere in the scriptures excluded from the Brahmavidyâ (p. 281, 1). They have, it is true, no part in the Upanayanam (initiation by a teacher), but they do not require this; for the aim of this ceremony is merely admission to the study of the Veda, which is of itself revealed (svayam-pratibhâta) to the gods (p. 281, 3). Moreover, there are even instances of gods and Rishis becoming Brahman pupils, like Indra of Prajâpati (Chând. 8, 7—12) and Bhrigu of Varuna (Taitt. 3, 1). In the hearts of the Gods too (according to Kâth. 4, 12) dwells the Purusha (Brahman) “a thumb’s breadth in height,” for the purpose of knowledge,—