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[sū. 1 2. 11. ADH. 3.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 107 Vedānta-kaustubha As the Highest Self is mentioned as the topic of discussion in the texts: 'Knowing the great, all-pervasive self' (Kaṭha 2.22), 'By him is (He) attainable, whom alone he chooses' (Kaṭha 2 23; Muṇḍ. 3.2.23), and as a peculiar mark of the Lord, viz. unintelligibleness, is mentioned in the passage 'Who thus knows where He is?' (Kaṭha 2.25), it is established that the eater is the Highest Self alone. Here ends the section entitled 'The eater' (2). Adhikaraṇa 3: The section entitled 'The cave'. (Sūtras 11-12) SŪTRA 11 "THE SOULS ENTERED INTO THE CAVE (ARE THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL AND THE SUPREME SOUL), BECAUSE THAT IS SEEN." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In the text: 'There are two, drinking of righteousness in the world of good deeds, entered into the cave' (Kaṭha 3.1 1), the two souls, entered into the cave, should be known to be two sentient beings, viz. the individual soul and the Supreme Soul Why? 2 "Be- cause that is seen", i e. because it is found that this section desig- nates the entering of these two alone,—of the Supreme Soul in the passage: 'Him, who is difficult to see, who has entered into the hidden, who is hidden in the cave' (Kaṭha 2.12 2); and of the individual soul in the passage: 'She, who arises with the vital-breath, who is Aditi, who is made of the deities, who, entering into the cave, abides therein, who was manifested through the elements' (Kaṭha 4.7 3). Vedānta-kaustubha It has been pointed out above that the Supreme Soul, the topic of discussion and the object to be meditated on, is the eater of the movable and the immovable, and that He is difficult to be known, as declared by the text: 'Who thus knows' (Kaṭha 2.25). Now, by 1 Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B 2 Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B. 3 R, B