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[sū. 1. 2. 4. ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 97 the question whether a passage in the Mahā-nārāyaṇa-upaniṣad (Mahānār. 11 3) refers to Nārāyaṇa or to Śiva Thus —‘(The passage refers to Śiva, and not (to) the embodied (i e Nārāyaṇa), because (the attributes of being the Lord of the universe and the rest) are not appropriate (on the part of Nārāyaṇa)’.¹ SŪTRA 4 “AND BECAUSE OF THE DESIGNATION OF OBJECT AND AGENT.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha For this reason too, the object qualified by the adjectives ‘con- sisting of mind’ and the rest is not the embodied soul, “because of the designation of object and agent” in the text: ‘On departing hence, I shall reach him’ (Chānd. 3 14.4 ²). Vedānta-kaustubha For this reason, too, that which consists of mind and has breath for its body is not to be understood as the embodied soul. Why? “Because of the designation” of the embodied soul as the “agent”, i.e. as the worshipper, and “because of the designation” of the Highest Self as the ‘object’, i e as the object to be meditated on and obtained, in the passage: ‘On departing hence, I shall reach him’ (Chānd. 3.14.4). That is, ‘I’, or one desiring for salvation, ‘shall reach’, i.e. shall obtain, ‘him’, i.e. Brahman, mentioned before as possessed of the attributes of ‘consisting of mind’ and the rest, ‘hence’, i.e after the fall of the body, after the destruction of the works which have begun to bear fruits A worshipper who is endowed with such a right insight attains Brahman. COMPARISON Śrīkaṇṭha Reading same, interpretation different, viz.: ‘(The supreme soul, viz. Śiva, the object to be meditated on, is other than Nārāyaṇa), because of the designation of the object and the agent, (i.e. because ¹ ŚK. B. 1.1.3, pp. 318 et seq, Part 4. ² Ś, R, Bh, B. 7