Lecture Sialkot — Page 42
42 L ECTURE S IALKOT and deprive His servants of His grace. This objection becomes all the more formidable when one finds that the souls—which are condemned to eternal damna- tion and to undergo unending cycles of trans- migration—are not Parmeshwar’s creations. In reply to this objection, the Aryas say: 'Parmeshwar did have the power to grant eternal sal- vation, for is He not Surab Shakt i m a n ? This limited salvation was only proposed so that the cycle of transmigration of souls may not break. Since the number of souls was fixed and could not be exceeded, therefore, in case of permanent salvation, transmigra- tion could not continue forever, as the soul which once entered the chamber of salvation would have gone out of Parmeshwar’s reach. The end product of this daily loss was bound to be that not even a single soul would have been left in the hands of Parmeshwar to be consigned to the cycle of transmigration, and, sooner or later, this pastime would come to an end and leave Him forever idle. Because of these con- straints, Parmeshwar has managed to limit salvation to a certain period. ' At this point, another objection arises that once souls had attained salvation and were cleansed of their sins, on what grounds did Parmeshwar turn them out again and again from the chamber of salvation? [According