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involved in it.
(3) The knowledge of the causal body or soul body comes through authority or Sabda Pramanya.
Probably the learned pandits consider the meaning of “Oneness of Manifestation” to comprehend the external world through the external senses and quarrel over it. But the real meaning of it is as mentioned above. It is experienced internally, and the external senses and worldly knowledge cannot function there. Therefore all this is body only, and the body alone is existence. Among the bodies there is only the gross body which is considered to be the instrument of solid action, worldly activities etc.
The gross body is the instrument of action. Nay! it is action itself, and cannot exist without any activity.
The subtle body is the instrument of knowledge or thought. Nay! it is knowledge itself, and it cannot exist without thinking and understanding.
The causal body or the soul is the instrument of joy. Nay! it is joy itself, and it cannot exist without bliss and happiness.
Viewed from this point, action is the beginning, knowledge the middle and bliss the final state. That way the action is considered to be the beginning of the Vedas.