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== बहुत्त्वम् ॥ Manyness ==

== बहुत्त्वम् ॥ Manyness ==

Upanishads again are the source of answers to the existence of the multitude of beings in this creation. Many texts discuss about manifestation of beings (Jivatmas) at the start of Kalpa (origin of creation) when all beings stream forth from the unmanifested Mulaprakrti, and at the time of Pralaya (time of dissolution) all these separated existences again dissolve back into Mulaprkrti.<ref name=":0222">''Sanatana Dharma : An Advanced Textbook of Hindu Religion and Ethics''. (1903) Benares : The Board of Trustees, Central Hindu College. (Pages 62-88)</ref>

Upanishads again are the source of answers to the existence of the multitude of beings in this creation. Many texts discuss about manifestation of beings (Jivatmas) at the start of Kalpa (origin of creation) when all beings stream forth from the unmanifested Mulaprakrti, and at the time of Pralaya (time of dissolution) all these separated existences again dissolve back into Mulaprkrti. In the following few slokas, the coming forth of the Many is stated.<ref name=":0222">''Sanatana Dharma : An Advanced Textbook of Hindu Religion and Ethics''. (1903) Benares : The Board of Trustees, Central Hindu College. (Pages 62-88)</ref><blockquote>अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे । रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके ॥८- १८॥</blockquote><blockquote>परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः । यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥८- २०॥</blockquote><blockquote>अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम् । (Bhag. Gita. 8.18-21)</blockquote>Meaning : From the Unmanifested all the manifested stream forth at the coming of day; at the coming of night they dissolve, even in That called the Unmanifested. There exist, higher than that Unmanifested, another Unmanifested, which in the destroying of all beings, is not destroyed<ref name=":0222" />

That Brahman in its form as Hiranyagarbha (the conditioned form) presides all over the deities, who are none other that Its manifestations, are described in the Kenopanishad.

That Brahman in its form as Hiranyagarbha (the conditioned form) presides all over the deities, who are none other that Its manifestations, are described in the Kenopanishad.  

'''Kenopanishad''' of Samaveda, gives collective instructions;  <blockquote>तद्ध तद्वनं नाम तद्वनमित्युपासितव्यं स य एतदेवं वेदाभिहैनँ सर्वाणि भूतानि संवाञ्छन्ति ॥ ६॥ (Kena. Upan. 4.6)</blockquote>Meaning : The Brahman is well known as the one adorable to all creatures; It is to be meditated on with the help of the name tadvanam (तद्वनं). All creatures surely pray to anyone who meditates on It in this way.<ref name=":3">Swami Gambhirananda (1989 Second Edition) ''Eight Upanishads, Volume 1 (Isa, Kena, Katha,and Taittriya) With the Commentary of Sankaracarya.'' Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama (Pages 82-83)</ref>

'''Kenopanishad''' of Samaveda, gives collective instructions;  <blockquote>तद्ध तद्वनं नाम तद्वनमित्युपासितव्यं स य एतदेवं वेदाभिहैनँ सर्वाणि भूतानि संवाञ्छन्ति ॥ ६॥ (Kena. Upan. 4.6)</blockquote>Meaning : The Brahman is well known as the one adorable to all creatures; It is to be meditated on with the help of the name tadvanam (तद्वनं). All creatures surely pray to anyone who meditates on It in this way.<ref name=":3">Swami Gambhirananda (1989 Second Edition) ''Eight Upanishads, Volume 1 (Isa, Kena, Katha,and Taittriya) With the Commentary of Sankaracarya.'' Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama (Pages 82-83)</ref>