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[sū. 3. 3. 44. ADH. 20.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 679 the question is as to whether the Supreme Brahman or Rudra, accom- panied by Umā, mentioned in the thirteenth section of the Mahā- nārāyaṇa-upaniṣad, is the object to be meditated on in all the parā- vidyās, or only in that particular vidyā of that section. The prima facie view is that in accordance with the context, such a Supreme Brahman is to be meditated on in that particular vidyā alone. The answer is the same as that given by Rāmānuja, viz.: "(Such a Brahman is to be meditated on in all the parā-vidyās on account of the majority of indicatory marks—" ¹ Baladeva This is sūtra 45 in his commentary. He too takes this sūtra to be forming an adhikaraṇa by itself, concerned with an altogether different topic, viz. the grace of the spiritual teacher. Hence the sūtra: "On account of the majority of indicatory marks, (viz. scrip- tural texts), that (i.e. the grace of the teacher), is stronger (than any other element in bringing about final emancipation), (but) that also (viz. exertion on one's own part, viz. study, meditation and so on,) (must be continued)".² PRIMA FACIE VIEW (Sūtra 44-45) SŪTRA 44 "(THE FIRES BUILT UP BY THE MIND AND THE REST) MAY BE AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF THE PRECEDING FIRE BUILT UP BY BRICKS) ON ACCOUNT OF THE CONTEXT, (THEY ARE) ACTION, AS IN THE CASE OF THE MENTAL (VESSEL)." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Now the prima facie view: This "may be an alternative form" of that same "preceding" (fire) consisting in action enjoined in the text: "With bricks he piles up the fire" ³. Since the indicatory mark here is contained in the descriptive portion, the stated fires are indeed of the form of action, as in the case of: "He takes the mental vessel".⁴ ¹ Śk. B 3.3.43, pp 362 ff., Parts 10 and 11. ² G.B. 3.3.45, p 193, Chap. 3. ³ Bh. ⁴ Op. cit.