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[sū. 1. 3. 18-19. ADH. 5.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 169 SŪTRA 18 "IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT ON ACCOUNT OF A REFERENCE TO THE OTHER, (VIZ. THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL), HE (IS THE SMALL ETHER), (WE REPLY:) NO, BECAUSE OF IMPOSSIBILITY." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected that "on account of a reference" to the individual soul as well in the middle of the text about the 'small one', viz. in the passage: 'This serene being having arisen from this body, having attained the form of highest light, is completed in its own form. This is the soul, said he' (Chānd. 8.3 4¹), let the individual soul be the 'small one',— (We reply) 'no', "because of the impossibility" of the qualities of freedom from sins and the rest,² on the part of the individual soul Vedānta-kaustubha If it be objected that "on account of a reference" to the individual soul by the term 'serene being' in the middle of the text about the small ether, viz. in the passage: 'This serene being, having arisen from this body, having attained the form of highest light, is completed in its own form. This is the soul, said he. This is immortal, fearless' (Chānd 8.3.4), let "him" alone be the small ether,— (We reply·) 'No'. Why? "Because of impossibility", i.e. because the above-mentioned qualities of freedom from sins and the rest are impossible on the part of the individual soul. SŪTRA 19 "IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT FROM WHAT IS SUBSEQUENT, (THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL MAY BE MEANT HERE), (WE REPLY·) BUT (THAT SUBSEQUENT PASSAGE REFERS TO THE SOUL SO FAR ONLY) IT HAS ITS REAL NATURE MANIFEST." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected that "from what is subsequent", i.e. from Prajāpati's statement referring to the individual soul, the eight-fold ¹ S, R, Bh, ŚK, B. ² Vide Chānd 8.1 5.