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[SŪ. 1. 3. 26. ADH 7 ] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 179 established that the Supreme Soul alone is the Person of the size of merely a thumb. Here ends the section entitled 'What is measured' ¹ (3). Adhikaraṇa 7. The section entitled 'The deity'. (Sūtras 26-30) SŪTRA 26 "EVEN THOSE WHO ARE ABOVE THEM (I.E. MEN) (ARE ENTITLED TO THE WORSHIP OF BRAHMAN), (SO) BĀDARĀYAṆA (HOLDS), BECAUSE OF POSSIBILITY " Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The gods and the rest also, who are above men, are entitled to such a worship of Brahman,—so thinks the reverend " Bādarāyaṇa." Vedānta-kaustubha It has been said in the last section that the text about the Person of the size of merely a thumb is explicable in reference to the heart of men, as men are entitled to Scripture. Now, incidentally, the question as to whether or not gods too are entitled to the worship of Brahman is being considered. In the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, we read 'Whoever among the gods was awakened to this, he alone became that, likewise among the sages' (Bṛh 1.4 10). (The sense is.) Whoever among the gods, and similarly among the sages 'was awakened', i.e. directly perceived Brahman, 'he alone' attained the nature of Brahman. Here, on the doubt, viz. whether or not the gods are entitled to the worship of Brahman, which is a means to attaining His nature, if the suggestion be: As men are entitled to Scripture; and as Indra and the rest are incapable of practising meditation,—seeing that they, whose bodies consist of sacred texts, are not possessed of physical bodies,²—the worship of Brahman is not possible on the part of the gods,—we reply· Such a worship of Brahman is possible on the part of gods as well, who are "above" men,—so the reverend "Bādarāyaṇa" thinks Why? 1 The section entitled 'What is measured' is resumed in sūtra 1.3.40. 2 That is, in order that one might carry on meditation, one must have a physical body, which a god lacks. Hence a god cannot practise meditation.