| "Apāṇi-pado javano grahīta (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.19), is, "He, the God, has no leg, no hand, but He accepts gift." That "accept gift" means He has got hand, but why it is said "no leg," "no hand"? That means He has no material hand and leg. He has His hands and legs, but that is spiritual. That is the meaning. Sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Bs. 5.1). His body is made of spiritual eternity. . . This body is not eternal, but God has got His eternal body. There is no question of God's becoming old, because His body is eternal. It is the material body which is not eternal. That is subjected to old age, disease, birth, death."
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