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[sū 1. 2. 26. 134 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 7 ] SŪTRA 26 "THAT WHICH IS STATED BY SMṚTI MUST BE AN INDICATION, THUS." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The form, stated in Smṛti as well, in the passage: 'Of whom, fire is the mouth, the heaven the head' (Mahā. 12 1656.6 ¹), "must" be a decisive factor in proving that Vaiśvānara is the Highest Self. Vedānta-kaustubha The word "thus" implies the reason. For this reason, too, Vaiśvānara is the Highest Self alone,—because "that which is stated by Smṛti must be an indication" of the fact that the word 'Vaiśvānara' denotes the Highest Self The phrase "That which is stated by Smṛti" means that the form, characterized by having the heaven for the head and the rest, denoted by the scriptural text: 'The head, indeed, is the brightly shining (heaven)' (Chānd 5 18 2) and so on, is mentioned also by a Smṛti which follows Scripture. That very thing must be "an indication", i.e. a decisive factor here,—this is the sense The Smṛti-passages are the following: 'Of whom fire is the mouth, the heaven the head, the sky the navel, the earth the feet, the sun the eye, the regions the ear,—obeisance to Him, the Soul of the world' (Mahā. 12 1656b–1657a ²), 'Of whom the heaven is the head, the wise declare, the sky, verily, the navel, the sun and the moon the eyes, the regions the ear, the earth the feet,—He is the inconceivable Soul, the maker of all beings' For this very reason, it has been said: 'Scripture and Smṛti are celebrated to be the two eyes of the wise. Deprived of one, one is said to be "one-eyed", deprived of both "blind"'. Or, (an alternative explanation of the sūtra:) the phrase: "That which is stated by Smṛti" means as follows: (The form) which is recognized in the following manner thus: What is celebrated in another scriptural text, viz. 'Fire is his head, the eyes the sun and the moon' (Muṇḍ. 2.1.4), and so on, as well as in the stated Smṛti-passages as the form of the Highest Self, that alone, is stated here (in Chānd. 5.18.2),—that form must be an indication, i.e a sign, that Vaiśvānara is the Highest Self. ¹ Ś. R ² P. 424, lines 2-3, vol. 3