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Prof. K.R. Sundararajan/Self-Consciousness in Ramanuja's Vedanta
Note 2
The motive which prompts Brahman - all whose wishes are fulfilled and who is perfect in
himself - to the creation of the world... is nothing else but sport. We in ordinary life see how some great king, ruling this earth with its seven dvipas, and possessing perfect
strength, valour, and so on, has a great game at balls, or the like, from no other motive than to amuse himself; hence there is no objection to the view that sport is the only motive
prompting Brahman to creation, sustentation and destruction of the world which is easily fashioned by his mere will.
II.1.33 (Thibaut. p.477)
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