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[SŪ. 1. 1. 31 86 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 11.] ruler to be worshipped by you', so is the case here. "But through scriptural insight." That is, in the passages, '"Know me alone"' (Kauṣ. 3. 1), '"Worship me"' (Kauṣ. 3. 2), and so on, Indra, who is only an individual soul, taught the Highest Self as his own self, conse- quent of knowing, "through scriptural insight", i.e. from scriptural texts, that the Supreme Brahman is the inner controller and the soul of all. The scriptural texts are the following:—'All this has that for its self, that is true, that is the self, Brahman'¹ (Chānd. 6. 7. 8, 6. 9. 4; 6.10.3; 6.11.3; 6.12.3, 6.13.3; 6.14.3, 6.15.3; 6.16.3), 'All this, verily, is Brahman, emanating from him, disappearing into him, breathing in him' (Chānd. 3. 1.4.), '"You have, truly, attained freedom from fear, O Janaka!"' (Bṛh. 4. 2. 4), 'Who knows himself: "I am Brahman"'² (Bṛh. 1.4. 10), 'Entered within, the ruler of men, the soul of all' (Tait. Ār. 3. 11. 2³), 'This is your soul, the inner con- troller, immortal' (Bṛh. 3. 7.3, etc.) and so on. Compare the case of Vāmadeva, who intuiting the Highest Self, the Inner Controller of all, through scriptural insight, spoke of Him alone, when he said: 'Seeing this, the sage Vāmadeva understood: "I was Manu and the sun"' (Bṛh. 1.4.10), 'I am the wise Kakṣīvān sage' (Ṛg. V. 4.26.1⁴). Hence the teaching: '"Know me alone"' (Kauṣ. 3.1), etc. is, indeed, proper. COMPARISON Śrīkaṇṭha He gives two alternative explanations, the last of which tallies with the explanation given by Nimbārka.⁵ ¹ The word 'Brahman' is not included in the original texts. ² Correct quotation: 'ya evam vedāham Brahmāsmī'. Vide Brh. 1.4. 10, p. 45. ³ P. 181. ⁴ The full quotation in Ṛg.V. is: 'I was Manu and the sun, I am the wise Kakṣīvān sage'—said by Indra. ⁵ ŚK. 1.1.31 (p. 288, Part 3).