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Akashadhikarana (Doubt - whether the word 'ether' denotes (the…

- - - - Intelligent individual self cannot be born out of non intelligent matter.
      - This element cannot be greater than all things because to be greater than all things is to be unconditioned
      - This element cannot be the best refuge -
        
        as long as it is merely that non-intelligent thing which deserves to be discarded
        
        and the attainment of which forms not desirable aim of life.
    - - The thing so described is the Brahman.
      - Since he possesses the power of illuminating things, he is very appropriately called Akasha.
      - The forced adoption of an interpretation that is against the context is in no way reasonable.
        
        It is true that the word Atman is occasionally used to denote a non-intelligent thing,
        
        But the general rule is that it has to denote an intelligent entity
        
        and the Scripture ascribes to what forms the cause of the world such attributes as belong only to an intelligent being.
        
        Thus it is settled that the omniscient, omnipotent and omnipenetrative Brahman alone is denoted by the word Akasa in the context refered in the passage.