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[sū. 3. 1. 4. ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 479 organs go out after it’ (Bṛh. 4 4.2); in accordance with the Smṛti passages · ‘ “It draws the sense-organs of which the mind is the sixth” ’ (Gītā 15 7), ‘ “When the lord obtains a body and when he departs from it, he goes taking them, as the wind take fragrances from their abodes” ’ (Gītā 15.8), as well as on account of this going of the sense- organs like speech and the rest together with the chief (vital-breath), the soul goes closely embraced indeed by the subtle elements, as going is not possible on the part of the sense-organs which are without a substratum,—this is the sense SŪTRA 4 “IF IT BE OBJECTED: ON ACCOUNT OF THE SCRIPTURAL MENTION OF THE GOING (OF SPEECH AND THE REST) TO FIRE AND THE REST, —(WE REPLY:) NO, ON ACCOUNT OF METAPHORICAL NATURE ” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected: Because of the scriptural mention of the “going”, i.e. disappearance, of speech and the rest into fire and so on thus · ‘When the speech of this dead man goes into fire, his breath into the air, his eye into the sun’ (Bṛh. 3 2 13 ¹) and so on, they do not go with the soul,—(we reply ) “No”, “on account of the metaphorical nature” of the text about fire and the rest, it being cited together with the text: ‘His body-hairs to the medicinal herbs, his hairs on the head to the trees’ (Bṛh. 3 2 13 ²). Vedānta-kaustubha If it be objected · The going of the sense-organs with the individual soul is not justifiable, since the text: ‘When the speech of this dead man goes into fire, his breath into the air, his eye into the sun’ (Bṛh. 3.2 13) mentions the “going”, i e. the disappearance at the time of the death of the body, of the sense-organs like speech and the rest, into the deities like fire and so on,—(we reply :) “No” Why ? “On account of metaphorical nature”. That is, the scriptural ¹ Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B. ² Op. cit.