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[sū. 1. 3. 2. ADH. 1 ] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 145 ways. Finally, to be the support of the instruments of the individual soul, too, is possible on the part of the Supreme Soul who is the support of all The following aphorisms ¹, secondary in nature, are but amplifications of this primary aphorism SŪTRA 2 "ON ACCOUNT OF THE DESIGNATION (OF BRAHMAN) THE OBJECT TO BE APPROACHED BY THE FREED." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The support of the heaven, the earth and the rest is Brahman alone Why? "On account of the designation," of such a support alone as "the object to be approached by the freed", in the passage 'When the seer sees the golden-coloured Creator, the Lord, the Person, the source of Brahmā, then the knower, having discarded merit and demerit, stainless, attains the highest identity' (Muṇḍ. 3 1 13 ²) and so on. Vedānta-kaustubha The support of the heaven, the earth and the rest is none but Brahman Why? "On account of the designation (of Brahman) as the object to be approached by the freed." That which is to be approached, i e. obtained, by those who are freed from the fettor of mundane existence is "the object to be approached by the freed", on account of the "designation", 1.e. indication, of that ³. The sense is: The reality that is admitted to be the support of the heaven, the earth and the rest, to be one, to be the bridge to immortality, and is celebrated elsewhere also as the object to be approached by the freed,—that very same reality, the one topic of all the Vedas and without an equal or a superior, is designated as the object to be obtained by the freed, in the passages: 'The knot of the heart is undone, all doubts are cut off, and his works perish, when he, who is high and low, is seen' (Muṇḍ. 2.2.8), 'Just as the flowing rivers disappear into the ocean discarding name and form, so the knower, freed from name and form, goes to the Person, who is higher than ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ¹ Viz. Br. Sū. 1.3.2–7. ² R, ŚK, B. ³ This explains the compound 'muktopasṛpya-vyapadeśāt'. 10