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[SŪ 1 3. 21-22. ADH 5.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 173 the purpose is to show that Brahman is the cause of the manifestation of the real nature of the soul. SŪTRA 21 "IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT ON ACCOUNT OF THE SCRIPTURAL DECLARATION OF WHAT IS SMALL (THE LORD IS NOT THE SMALL ETHER), (WE REPLY,) THAT HAS BEEN SAID." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "If it be objected that on account of the scriptural declaration of what is small", the all-pervasive Being cannot be understood here,— (we reply·) the answer to this has already been given ¹ Vedānta-kaustubha "If it be objected that on account of the scriptural declaration of what is small" in the passage: 'Small is the ether within it' (Chānd. 8 1.1), let the individual soul alone, which is atomic in size, be the 'small one',— (We reply·) The answer to this has been given under the aphorism 'Because (Brahman) is to be conceived thus, as in the case of the ether' (Br Sū. 1.2.7). SŪTRA 22 "AND BECAUSE OF THE IMITATION OF THAT." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "And because of the imitation" "of that", i.e of that which has its real nature ever manifest, in accordance with the passage. 'He alone shining, everything shines' (Kaṭha 5.15; Muṇḍ. 2.2.10 ; Śvet. 6.14 ²), the individual soul, the imitator, cannot be the 'small one', having its real nature ever-manifest. Vedānta-kaustubha The author says that for this reason, too, the individual soul is not the small ether. ¹ Vide Br. Sū. 1.2.7. ² Ś, Bh.