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[SŪ. 1. 2 6. ADH. 1 ] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 99 SŪTRA 6 "AND ON ACCOUNT OF SMṚTI" Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "And on account of the Smṛti" text:—'The Lord abides, O Arjuna! in the heart-region of all beings' (Gītā 18.61 ¹), there is a difference between the individual soul and the Supreme Soul. Vedānta-kaustubha '"He who sees me everywhere, and sees everything in me, of him I will never lose hold, and he shall never lose hold of me"' (Gītā 6 30), '"He who, established in unity, worships me as abiding within all beings, that ascetic abides in me, under whatever circumstances he may live"' (Gītā 6.31), '"There is nothing higher than me, O Dha- nañjaya! All this is strung on me, like gems on a string"' (Gītā 7.7), '"And I abide within the heart of all, and from me memory, knowledge and their absence"' (Gītā 15.15), '"The Lord abides, O Arjuna! in the heart-region of all, causing all beings to revolve by His mysterious power, as if mounted on a machine"' (Gītā 18.61), '"Because I excel the perishable and am superior even to the imperish- able, I am celebrated in the world, and in the Veda as the Highest Person"' (Gītā 15.18) The following scriptural texts too are referred to by the term "and" (in the sūtra). ² 'The two unborn ones, the knower and the non-knower, the Lord and the non-Lord' (Śvet. 1.9), 'The Lord of matter and souls, the ruler of the attributes' (Śvet. 6.16), 'The eternal among the eternal, the conscious among the conscious' (Śvet. 6.13; Kaṭha 5 13) and so on. From such Smṛti and scrip- tural texts, it is to be known that there is a difference between the individual soul and Brahman. Thus, in this section, the difference between the individual soul and the Supreme Soul is indicated by the reverend author of the aphorisms in four aphorisms; ³ and this view is most reasonable, since it is established by both Smṛti and Scripture. The Highest Self is ever-free, omniscient, independent, all-pervading ¹ Ś, R, Bh, B. ² Note the different interpretations of the word 'Ca' in the sūtra, as given by Nimbārka and Śrīnivāsa. According to the former, it simply means 'also', while according to the latter, 'on account of scriptural texts'. ³ Viz Br. Sū 1.2 3–6.