Sanatan dharma and science

  Cosmic man the purusha:- In the Mahabharata,bhisma parva lord Narayana is personified as mareechir-damano hamsah suparno bhujagottamah hiranyanaabhah sutapaah padmanaabhah prajaapatih. (189) Mareechih -The term Mareechih means ‘Effulgence’. Consciousness illumines objects and therefore in terms of worldly knowledge the Upanishads declare that the Supreme is the Light-Infinite. In the Geeta we read Bhagavan, Vaasudeva declaring: “I am the Light in all effulgents” -(Geeta Ch. 10, St. 36). (190) Damanah -One who restrains and controls every Raakshasic impulse within the bosom. In the forms of the ten incarnations, He had controlled the irresistible tyrannies of the vicious against the good. In the form of pain and agitation, sorrow and death, it is He, who is the Controller, Damanah, of all negative tendencies in everyone’s Heart. (191) Hamsah -One of the great declarations of the Vedas is: “I am Brahman” (Aham Brahmaasmi). Here the term I, the first person singular used, denotes

       Creation is manifestation:-     BrhmAn is the origin of the universe(janma dyasya yatah) being the source of all scripture.He is the material and efficient cause of shastras( s'astra yanivat-) .He has no originator and no ordinance( sv Upanishad-6.9) न तस्य कश्चित्‌पतिरस्ति लोके न चेशिता नैव च तस्य लिङ्गम्‌। स कारणं करणाधिपाधिपो न चास्य कश्चिज्जनिता न चाधिपः॥ ||९|| लोके - loke - in all this world | तस्य कश्चित् पतिः न अस्ति - tasya kaścit patiḥ na asti - He hath no master | तस्य ईशिता च न - tasya īśitā ca na - there is none that shall rule over Him | तस्य लिङ्गम् च न एव अस्ति - tasya liṅgam ca na eva asti - Nor feature nor distinction hath He | सः कारणम् - saḥ kāraṇam - He is begetting cause | करणाधिपाधिपः - karaṇādhipādhipaḥ - sovran over the lords of these natural organs | अस्य जनिता न कश्चित् - asya janitā na kaścit - but Himself hath no begetter | अधिपः च न - adhipaḥ ca na - hath neither any sovran. ....The Chandogya Upanishad gives these illustrations to show that