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.34 KENOPANISAD
5. Now as regards His description from the point of
view of His manifestation' within the Self. Because of him
the mind knows the external world, and remembers and
imagines things.
[NOTES-1.
Manifestation within the Self etc.—All
the
functions of the human mind like perception, memory,
imagination, etc., are possible due to the presence of
Brahman only. Thus psychology leads us to Brahman,
just as natural sciences take us to Him, as hinted in the
previous passage.
As construed by Sankara the translation of the passage
is as follows : Next as regards the illustration of Brahman
from within the Self—as speedily as the mind goes
to
Brahman, as speedily as one thinks of Brahman by the mind
and as speedily as the mind wills.' By the volition and
recollection of the mind, Brahman, as bounded by the mind,
is seen as an object. Thus this illustration of Brahman is
taken from the psychology of man while the previous one
was from the activities of external Nature. As the previous
.illustration shows that Brahman flashes instantaneously, so
these illustrations show that His appearance and disappear-
ance are as quick as the perceptions of the mind.
Another way of construing would give the following
meaning : By constant remembrance and meditation, the
mind knows him as it were.' This corresponds to the third
interpretation given to the previous passage. From the
contemplation of external Nature we get a glimpse of
Brahman. But much more intimate than
what Nature -