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[SŪ. 1. 2 13. ADH. 4 ] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 111 and the object thought, in the passages: 'Know the soul to be the charioteer, and the body the chariot' (Kaṭha 3.3), 'He reaches the end of the road, that supreme place of Viṣṇu' (Kaṭha 3.9), 'Him, who is difficult to be seen, who has entered into the hidden, who is hidden in a cave, who dwells in the abyss, ancient,—by thinking him God, through the study of the Yoga of what relates to the self, the wise man discards joy and sorrow' (Kaṭha 2.12) and so on Hence, it is established that the individual soul and the Supreme Soul alone are to be understood here as entered into the cave, and not buddhi and the individual soul Here ends the section entitled 'The cave' (3). Adhikarana 4. The section entitled 'What is within'. (Sūtras 13-18) SŪTRA 13 "THAT WHICH IS WITHIN (THE EYE IS BRAHMAN), ON ACCOUNT OF FITTING IN." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In the passage: 'That person who is seen within the eye' (Chānd. 4.15.1 ¹), the Person "within" the eye is the Highest Person alone, and not any one else. Why? Because the attributes of 'being the self', 'being fearless', 'being the uniter of all lovely things', and so on,—mentioned in the passages: '"He is the self", said he, "This is the immortal, the fearless, this is Brahman"' (Chānd 4.15.1²), 'They call it the "uniter of lovely things"' (Chānd. 4.15.2),—"fit in" in the case of the Highest Person alone. Vedānta-kaustubha Now, by showing that the text: 'That Person who is seen within the eye' (Chānd. 4.15.1) and so on refers to Brahman, the author romoves the doubt, viz.:—In the previous passage (viz. Kaṭha 3.1), the individual soul and the Supreme Soul may be understood, since the dual number is found used. But here, since the singular number ¹ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B. ² Ś, R, Bh.