विजातीय-स्वजातीय-स्वगत-भेदः
"In treatises on Vedanta
three kinds of bheda (difference) are mentioned:
i) Vijātīya-bheda: the difference between objects of different
kinds or species; as for example the difference between a tree and a cow. The
difference between Purusha and Prakriti in Sānkhya philosophy is of this kind.
The difference between God and the souls in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic
traditions is also of this kind. Just as the potter and the pot can never be
the same, so also the Creator and creature can never be the same. This is not the
type of difference between the individual Self and the Supreme Self accepted in
Dvaita schools of Vedanta.
ii) Sajātīya-bheda: the difference between objects of the same
kind or species; as for instance the differences between two mango trees. The
difference between two Purushas
in Sānkhya philosophy, and the difference between two liberated selves in
Ramanuja’s philosophy, are of this type.
iii) Svagata-bheda: the differences found among the parts of the
same object; as for instance the difference among the branches, leaves, and
flowers of a mango tree, or the differences between rind, pulp, and seeds of a
Bel fruit. This is the type of difference between Atman, the individual Self,
and Brahman in the dualistic schools of Ramanuja, Madhva, and others. This kind
of difference is necessary for the soul to adore and love God and enjoy the
bliss of Brahman.
But
Sankara denies even svagata-bheda in Brahman (विजातीय-स्वजातीय-स्वगत-भेद-रहितम्); according to him the individual Self attains
oneness with Brahman, so much so that it becomes Bliss itself."
Space
is devoid of स्वजातीय-भेद and स्वगत-भेद ।
There is
only one space.
Within
itself, space does not have any division.
It has
only विजातीय-भेद wrt Brahman.
Whereas Brahman is Consciousness,
space is inert.
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