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[SŪ. 3. 3. 55. 698 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 23.] word "or" means 'and,' i.e. and just as the sacred formula which accompanies the taking of the stone for grinding the rice, viz. "Thou art a cock" (M. Saṃ. 1 1.6), mentioned in one place, is applicable in other places as well, so is the case here. By the words "and the like", it is meant that just as the preliminary offerings, mentioned in one place, are applicable in other places also (so is the case here). Hence, it is established that the meditations founded on the sub- ordinate members (of sacrifices) like the udgītha and the rest, mentioned in one place, are connected with the udgītha and the rest, mentioned elsewhere. Here ends the section entitled "Connected with the subsidiary parts" (22). COMPARISON Baladeva This is sūtra 58 in his commentary. Here he concludes the topic, viz. the different modes of worshipping the Lord, by giving a second illustration, thus: "Or, as in the case of the sacred formulæ and the rest, (there is) no contradiction", that is, just as some formulæ are employed in many ceremonies,—some in two, some in one only,— so some men worship the Lord in several ways, i.e. with mixed sentiments or devotion, some only in one.¹ Adhikaraṇa 23: The section entitled "The superiority of the plentitude". (Sūtra 55) SŪTRA 55 "(THERE IS) SUPERIORITY OF THE PLENTITUDE, AS IN THE CASE OF A SACRIFICE, FOR THUS (SCRIPTURE) SHOWS." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha With regard to the Vaiśvānara-vidyā ², the meditation on the aggregate is commended, just as there is a single performance of the ¹ G.B. 3.3.58, pp. 222-223, Chap. 3. ² See under Br. Sū. 3.3.31.