बुद्ध्यर्थः पादवत् ॥ ३३ ॥
buddhyarthaḥ pādavat || 33 ||
buddhyarthaḥ—For the sake of easy comprehension; pādavat—just like (four) feet.
38. (Brahman is depicted as having size) for the sake of easy comprehension (i.e. Upasana); just like four feet.
The statements as to the size of Brahman, ‘Brahman has four feet’, ‘It has sixteen digits’, etc. are meant for the sake of Upasana; for it is difficult to comprehend the Infinite, all-pervading Brahman. Just as mind conceived as the personal manifestation of Brahman is imagined to have the organ of speech, nose, eyes, and ears as its four feet, so also Brahman is imagined as having size etc. for the sake of Upasana, but not in reality.