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150 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ 1. 3. 8. ADH. 2.] that the independent and omniscient Supreme Soul alone is the bridge to immortality; and as the soul of all, He is also the support of the heaven, the earth and the rest. Here ends the section entitled 'The heaven, the earth and the rest' (1) COMPARISON Śaṁkara Reading and interpretation same, but points out at the end in his usual manner that the distinction between the individual soul and Brahman is no more real than that between the ether within a pot and the universal ether and so on.¹ Adhikaraṇa 2: The section entitled 'The plenty'. (Sūtras 8-9) SŪTRA 8 "THE PLENTY (IS THE LORD), BECAUSE OF THE TEACHING (OF IT) AS ABOVE SERENITY (VIZ. THE VITAL-BREATH)." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The Plenty, taught by the highest teacher, the venerable Sanat- kumāra, to our preceptor, the reverend Nārada, in the passage: 'But the Plenty alone should be enquired after' (Chānd. 7.22 1 ²), is not the vital-breath, but the Highest Person Why? "Because of the teaching" of the Plenty as "above" the vital-breath. Vedānta-kaustubha Now, the reverend author of the aphorisms is showing that the text: 'But the Plenty alone should be enquired after' (Chānd. 7.22.1) and so on, refers to Brahman. ¹ Ś.B 1 3.7, p. 31 ² Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B.