6. The Ultimate Knowers

As Svāminārāyaṇa clarified that Brahman and Parabrahman reside in the jīvas and īśvaras. Hence, by their witness, jīveśvarās become able to attain knowledge.

In the same way, the Brahmasūtra states:

“sthanādivyapadeśācca” (Brahmasūtras 1/2/14)

“And because abode etc. (ruling the eye) are attributed to it (by other scriptural texts also).”

Bhadreśadāsa explains:

“sthanādivyapadeśācca sthanaṃ saṃsthitirādi yeṣāṃ te saṃsthitiniyama steṣāṃ vedānte vyapadeśād upadeśāt paramātmaivā'kṣyantargata ityarthaḥ | tiṣṭhaṃścakṣuṣo'ntaro yaṃ cakṣurna veda yasya cakṣuḥ śarīraṃ yaścakṣurantaro yamayatyeṣa ātmā'ntaryāmyimṛtaḥ ||' (bṛ. upa. -3/ 7/ 18 (iti śrutiḥ | itthaṃ svadivyabrahmadhāmasthita eva divyamanoharākṛtiḥ paramātmasahajānandaḥ svāntaryamanaśaktyā sarva niyamayana tattatsthāneṣvavatiṣṭhate | sa cedṛgvidho'pi brahmarūpairyogibhiḥ svābhidhyāne sākṣātkrayata iti dṛśyata iti pratyakṣavanirdeśopyupapadyate ||” (Brahmasūtra 1/2/14, p.70)

“He who abides in the eyes and rules it is the supreme entity. He who inhabits the eye…and controls the eye from within is yourself, the internal ruler, the immortal. (BUP-3/7/18). That supreme entity also, and the words are seen that hint at direct perception, are equally true of the supreme self as yogis perceive it in their meditation. Therefore, the person in the eye is the supreme self.”

This same matter is discussed in the Upaniṣad Svāminārāyaṇa Bhāṣya on the verse:

“īśāvāsyamidaṃ sarvaṃ yat kiñca jagatyāṃ jagat” (Īśa-upaniṣad 1)

“All this is inhabited by Brahman and Parabrahman, whatever that moves here in this māyic universe.”

The Bhāṣyakāra comments that since the world and every movement within it is inhabited by Brahman and Parabrahman and none else, “they are the true owner of the entire world and every action or movement in it.”