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148 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 1. 3. 5–6. ADH. 1.] COMPARISON All others omit the 'ca' in the end ¹ SŪTRA 5 “AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE DESIGNATION OF DIFFERENCE” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Moreover, “on account of the designation of difference” also between the knower and the object to be known, the support of the heaven, the earth and the rest is not the bearer of the vital-breath, (or the individual soul) Vedānta-kaustubha The bearer of the vital-breath is not to be understood as the support of the heaven, the earth and the rest Why? “On account of the designation of difference”, i.e. because the difference between the two, viz. between the individual soul—which is possessed of little knowledge and is subject to bondage and release through the Lord’s māyā consisting of the three gunas—and the Omniscient Lord, as the knower and the object to be known, is designated by the holy Scripture itself in the passage. ‘Him alone know as one’ (Muṇḍ. 2.2 5) The purpose of this repeated declarations of difference is to point out that with a view to attaining His nature, one should practise meditation on Him, based on a true knowledge about Him. SŪTRA 6 “ON ACCOUNT OF THE TOPIC.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The Supreme Self being the topic, the individual soul is not to be understood as the support of the heaven, the earth and the rest. ¹ Ś.B. 1.3.5, p. 310. Śrī. B. 1.3.4, p. 283, Part 1. Bh. B. 1.3.5, p. 52. ŚK. B. 1.3.4, p 404, Part 4. B.B. 1.3.5.