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THE VEDANT.
The illustrious Byas,* in his celebrated work, the
Vedant, insinuates in the first text, that it is absolutely
necessary for mankind to acquire knowledge respecting,
the Supreme Being, who is the subject of discourse in
all the Veds, and the Vedant, as well as in the other
systems of Theology. But he found, from the following
passages of the Veds, that this inquiry is limited to very
narrow bounds, viz. " The Supreme Being is not compre-
" hensible by vision, or by any other of the organs of
" sense ; nor can he be conceived by means of devotion,
" or virtuous practices." f " He sees everything,
" though never seen; hears everything, though never
" directly heard of. He is neither short, nor is he
" long ; J inaccessible to the reasoning faculty ; not to
* The greatest of the Indian theologists, philosophers, and
poets, was begotten by the celebrated Purasur and Sutyubutee.
Byas collected and divided the Veds into certain books and chapters,
he is therefore commonly called Vedu Byas. The word Byas is
composed of the preposition bi and the verb uss to divide,
t Munduc. % Brihudarunnuc.
THE VEDANT.
The illustrious Byas,* in his celebrated work, the
Vedant, insinuates in the first text, that it is absolutely
necessary for mankind to acquire knowledge respecting,
the Supreme Being, who is the subject of discourse in
all the Veds, and the Vedant, as well as in the other
systems of Theology. But he found, from the following
passages of the Veds, that this inquiry is limited to very
narrow bounds, viz. " The Supreme Being is not compre-
" hensible by vision, or by any other of the organs of
" sense ; nor can he be conceived by means of devotion,
" or virtuous practices." f " He sees everything,
" though never seen; hears everything, though never
" directly heard of. He is neither short, nor is he
" long ; J inaccessible to the reasoning faculty ; not to
* The greatest of the Indian theologists, philosophers, and
poets, was begotten by the celebrated Purasur and Sutyubutee.
Byas collected and divided the Veds into certain books and chapters,
he is therefore commonly called Vedu Byas. The word Byas is
composed of the preposition bi and the verb uss to divide,
t Munduc. % Brihudarunnuc.