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[SŪ. 1. 4. 17. 246 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 5.] all, the Lord of all, is the object to be known. Here, although the persons, being included within the world, are proved to have the Supreme Soul as their cause, their separate mention is to be known for the purpose of rejecting their Brahman-hood, claimed by Bālāki.¹ SŪTRA 17 "IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT ON ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERISTIC MARK OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL AND THE CHIEF VITAL-BREATH, (THE LORD IS NOT DENOTED HERE), (WE REPLY:) THAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected that on account of the characteristic mark of the individual soul, contained in the passage 'This intelligent self enjoys with these selves' (Kaus. 4.20 ²); as well as on account of the characteristic mark of the chief vital-breath, contained in the passage: 'Now, in this vital-breath alone he becomes one' (Kaus. 3.3; 4.20 ³), one of these two is to be understood, and not Brahman,— (We reply:) "that has been explained" in the section treating of Pratardana ⁴. The sense is that the characteristic marks of the individual soul and the rest have been explained there as referring to Brahman, and should be known to be so here as well. Vedānta-kaustubha If it be objected: On account of the characteristic mark of an individual soul, contained in the passage 'Just as a merchant enjoys with his own people, and as his own people enjoy him, so exactly this intelligent self enjoys with these selves, so exactly do these selves enjoy it' (Kaus. 4.20); as well as on account of the characteristic mark of the chief vital-breath, contained in the passages: 'Then in

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¹ I.e. in the text: 'He who is the creator of these persons, of whom this is the work', the phrase 'of whom this is the work' implies that the entire universe—including the sun and the rest—is the effect of Brahman. In spite of this the persons within the sun and the rest are mentioned separately once more as the effects of Brahman, because the king wants to point out particularly that they are not Brahman, as previously alleged. ² Ś, R, ŚK. ³ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK. ⁴ Vide Br. Sū. 1.1.29–32.