Materials for the Study of the Early History of the Vaishnava Sect c8.21

c8.21

An ancient commentator, Śākapuni, understood the "three paces" to refer to the threefold manifestation of light as fire on earth, as lightning in the atmosphere and as the sun in the sky. Muir says that the explanation of Aruṇavābha (as quoted and elucidated by Durgāchārya) seems to satisfy best the idea of movement expressed in the description. On the other hand Keith points out that this interpretation is in flat contradiction with the references of the Vedas to the nature of the highest place of Vishṇu.⁴