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[sū. 1. 2. 30. 138 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 7.] Etymologically, ‘Vaiśvānara’ implies ‘he who is all and man’, He being the Universal Soul, or ‘one who is the man, i.e. the maker of all’, He being the Universal Cause; or ‘one by whom all men are to be controlled’, He being the Universal Controller The long vowel (i.e. ‘ā’ in the word ‘Vaiśvānara’) follows from the rule ‘when “nara” follows “viśva”, the “a” in the latter is lengthened to designate a name’ (Pāṇ 6 3 129, SD. K 1048¹). The taddhita-suffix (by which the word ‘Vaiśvānara’ is derived from the word ‘Vaiśvanara’) is added without changing the meaning, as in the case of ‘rākṣasa’ (derived from ‘rakṣas’), ‘vāyasa’ (derived from ‘vayas’) and so on.² The co-ordination of the words ‘Agni’ and ‘Vaiśvānara’, too, is appropriate ‘Agni’ is ‘one who goes, i.e. goes to or manifests himself in the heart-lotus’,—the ‘na’ (in the root ‘aṅg’) is elided in accordance with the rule. ‘And, the “na” of “aṅga” is elided’³ (Uṇādi-sūtra 490)⁴—, or ‘one who causes one to go, i.e. causes the first birth of the Universe SŪTRA 30 “ON ACCOUNT OF MANIFESTATION, ĀŚMARATHYA (THINKS SO).” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha With a view to favouring His worshippers who are devoted to Him alone and to none else, the Highest Self though infinite, manifests Himself in accordance with the respective capacities of His devotees. As such, He can fittingly be regarded as of the size of merely a span, —this is so “on account of manifestation”, so the sage “Āśmarathya” thinks. Vedānta-kaustubha (The author) explains, in accordance with the approbation of Āśmarathya, the text about that which is of the size of merely a span. In the text: ‘But who meditates on the Vaiśvānara Self as of the measure of a span only and as of an unlimited dimension’ (Chānd.

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¹ P. 654, vol. 1. ² Vide Pāṇ 4.1 104, SD K. 1106, p. 682, vol. 1, and Pāṇ. 5.4 38, SD. K. 2106, p. 936, vol. 1 ³ And ‘ni’ is added, as mentioned in the sūtra 488. Thus, aṅg = ag+ni = agni. ⁴ SD. K., p. 634, vol 2.