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2 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [SŪ. 1. 1. 1. ADH. 1.] fruits of the knowledge of works and Brahman respectively, the former being surpassable, the latter non-surpassable ¹; who wishes for the grace of the Lord; who is covetous of having a vision of Him; to whom the spiritual preceptor is the only God; who has whole-hearted devotion for the holy spiritual teacher; and who is desirous of final release—this is the sense of the introductory text. The commentary entitled 'Vedānta-kaustubha', composed by the reverend teacher Śrīnivāsa. Panegyric

1. I worship the holy Swan ², Sanaka and others ³, the Divine Sage ⁴, and Nimbābhāskara ⁵. May a devotion for Lord Kṛṣṇa arise in us through their grace. 2 I bow down to the feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, in reference to whom alone the mass of scriptural texts does not come into mutual conflict, whom those who are engaged in meditation and Yoga obtain, and who is to be worshipped constantly by Varuṇa and Indra with mind and speech. Finding that the people on earth were being deluded by various sorts of false arguments, Lord Vāsudeva, the Highest Person, the Lord of all, and the one identical material and efficient cause of the entire universe, assumed the form of the son of Parāśara ⁶ and com- posed the Vedānta-treatise, called the 'Śārīraka-mīmāṃsā' ⁷, with a ¹ I. e. in whose mind has arisen a disgust for all worldly pursuits and objects, since he has apprehended the great distinction between the fruits of works, viz. ordinary worldly objects and heaven, and the fruit of the knowledge Brahman, viz salvation. Even heaven has an end, but not so salvation, and even heaven is not the highest end, but salvation is. See V.K. 1.1.1. ² The Swan Incarnation of Brahmā is supposed to be the Founder of the sect of Nimbārka ³ The Four Kumāras, Sanaka and others, the second spiritual teachers of the sect. ⁴ I.e. Nārada, supposed to be the third spiritual teacher of the sect and the immediate guru of Nimbārka. ⁵ I e. Nimbārka. ⁶ Parāśara is supposed to be the father of Vyāsa, the reputed author of the Brahma-sūtras. ⁷ There is difference of opinion as to why the Vedānta-sūtras or the Brahma-sūtras are called the 'Śārīraka-mīmāṃsā'. According to the Ratna-