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[SŪ. 1. 2 32. 140 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH 7 | Vedānta-kaustubha On the enquiry What purpose is served by such a manifestation of a Being,—who is of the size of merely a span,—in the heart-lotus of the sharp-witted (i.e. those who are capable of grasping subtle things)? On the enquiry What purpose is served by such worship of a Being,—who is limited as having limbs like head and the rest in the heaven and so on,—on the part of the dull-witted (i.e. those who are capable of grasping gross things)?—it is said here The manifestation, in the heart-lotus, of the Highest Self as of the size of merely a span, similarly the imagination of His body, from head to foot, in the regions of the heaven and the rest, are "on account of remembrance", i.e. serve the purpose of recollection, or meditation in that way, for attaining the Supreme Lord This is the view of the teacher "Bādari" ———— SŪTRA 32 "ON ACCOUNT OF IDENTIFICATION, SO JAIMINI THINKS, FOR THUS (SCRIPTURE) SHOWS " Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The imagination of their ¹ breast and the rest as the sacrificial altar and so on is for the purpose of effecting "an identification" of Agni-hotra with the offering to the vital-breaths, which is a sub- sidiary element of the Vaiśvānara-vidyā, practised by a worshipper of Vaiśvānara,—"so" the teacher "Jaimini" thinks That very thing the scriptural text 'Now, he who offers the Agni-hotra, knowing this thus' (Chānd 5 24 2 ²), 'shows'. Vedānta-kaustubha If it be asked: If the Highest Self, having thus the three worlds as His body, be denoted by the term 'Vaiśvānara', then, what is the purpose of imagining the breast and the rest of the worshipper as the sacrificial altar and so on thus: 'The breast is the sacrificial altar, the hairs the sacrificial grass, the heart the Gārhapatya fire, the mind the Anvāhāryapacana fire' (Chānd. 5 18.2)?—the author replies here: —————————————————————————————————————————— ¹ I.e. of those who meditate on Vaiśvānara ² Ś, R, SK.