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[SŪ. 1. 2. 33. 142 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 7.] as well as his abiding within, are indicative of the fact that Vaiśvānara is Brahman. The sense is that if the gastric fire be understood here, then the circumstance of abiding within a person will, of course, be possible, but not that of being like a person Hence, it is established that Vaiśvānara is the Highest Self. Here ends the section entitled 'Vaiśvānara' (7). Here ends the second quarter of the first chapter in the commentary, the holy Vedānta-kaustubha. COMPARISON Baladeva Interpretation different, viz. 'And they (viz the Ātharvani- kas) record this (viz. the existence of such mysterious powers) in that (viz. in the Lord)'.¹ Résumé The second quarter of the first chapter contains:— (1) 33 sūtras and 7 adhikaranas, according to Nimbārka ; (2) 32 sūtras and 7 adhikaranas, according to Śaṃkara ; (3) 33 sūtras and 6 adhikaranas, according to Rāmānuja ; (4) 32 sūtras and 7 adhikaranas, according to Bhāskara ; (5) 33 sūtras and 9 adhikaranas, according to Śrīkaṇṭha ; (6) 33 sūtras and 7 adhikaraṇas, according to Baladeva. Śaṃkara and Bhāskara and Baladeva omit the sūtra 16 in Nimbārka's commentary. Nimbārka omits the sūtra 24 in Bhās- kara's commentary. 1 G.B. 1.2.33, p. 143, Chap. 1.