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[sū. 1. 3. 11-12. 158 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 3.] SŪTRA 11 “ AND THIS (SUPPORTING) (BELONGS TO THE LORD), ON ACCOUNT OF COMMAND.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha “And this” supporting belongs to the Highest Person alone. Why? Because (the Imperishable, the supporter) is mentioned by Scripture to be a commander, in the passage: ‘Verily, at the command of this Imperishable, Gārgī, the sun and the moon stand held apart’ (Brh 3 8 9 ¹). Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz . Very well, let pradhāna be not denoted by the term ‘Imperishable’. But, as, to be such a support fits in on the part of the individual soul, the enjoyer of material objects; as, possess- ing the attributes of non-grossness and the rest too fits in on its part; and, as, finally, if the individual soul be understood, then an etymo- logical meaning (of the term ‘Imperishable’) is possible, viz.: ‘The Imperishable is that which does not perish, i.e. the individual soul,— let the individual soul alone be implied by the term ‘Imperishable’,— the author replies here:— The supporting of the body and the rest alone,—the abode where the individual soul experiences the fruits of its own works,—is possible by the individual soul “And this” supporting is the work of the Highest Self alone, and not of any one else. Why? “On account of command”, i.e. because of the mention of command in the passage. ‘Verily, at the command of this Imperishable, Gārgī, the sun and the moon stand held apart’ (Brh. 3.8.9) and so on. ‘Prakṛṣṭa’, i.e. unrestricted, ‘śāsana’ is ‘praśāsana’, i e. unrestricted commanding.² SŪTRA 12 “ AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE EXCLUSION OF ANOTHER NATURE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Here, by the term ‘Imperishable’ neither pradhāna or the indivi- dual soul can be understood. The Supreme Being alone is the meaning ¹ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B. ² This explains the word ‘praśāsanāt’ in the sūtra