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But in bhagavAn's case, none of these come as impediments; He is everywhere
already (deSa) ; He is not limited by past, present, or future (kAla); He is the
Controller of everything, and so nothing can obstruct Him (vastu).
SveTASvatara Upanishad (3-19) declares - a-pANI pAdo javano grahItA
paSyati a-cakshuh sa SRNoti a-karNah | sa vetti vedyam na ca tasya asti vettA
tam Ahuh agryam purhsham mahAntam || - "Without use of His hands and
feet, He moves and grasps; He sees without use of His eyes, hears without
need for His ears. He knows whatever is to be known, and of Him there is no
knower. They speak of Him as the first, the purusha, the Great".
The dharma cakram writer points out that the more we think of Him, the more
our mind get these attributes of being unconstrained by deSa, kAla, and vastu,
and the more we become closer to Him. He quotes rAmakRshNa paramahamsa,
who says that the more we proceed towards the east, the farther we get away
from the west. The more we get closer to Him, the farther away we move
from the worldly attachments, and the faster He can grasp us towards Him
like a powerful magnet.
nAma 696. tIwRkr> tIrtha tIrtha-karah
tIrtha karah
a) He Who is the source of the holy waters.
b) He Who makes us cross over the ocean of samsAra.
c) He Whose touch of hand is purifying.
d) He Who has provided simple steps to access Him through His various
incarnations.
tIrtha-karAya namah.
The word tIrtham is derived from the root thRR - plavana taraNayoh - to
swim, to cross over. That through which one crosses over or swims is tIrtham.
The term tIrtham is used to refer to sources of water that purify a person.
The term is also used to refer to the sacred scriptures which purify a person
through their learning - taratyanena pApam aj~nAnam iti tIrtham, or making it
easier for us to reach Him through His various incarnations (para, vyUha,
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