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[SŪ. 1. 3. 42. 206 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 10.] Vedānta-kaustubha In the very same Kaṭha-vallī, in the section of the Person measured as of the size of a thumb, it is declared, prior to the text about the vital-breath, (viz. Kaṭha 6. 2) 'The sun does not shine there, nor the moon and the stars, nor do these lightnings shine, much less this fire. He shining, everything else shines after him. All this shines through his light' (Kaṭha 6.2). "Because" in this text, light, belonging exclusively to the Supreme Soul who is denoted by the term 'light', "is seen" (i.e. declared), it is established that what is of the size of merely a thumb is none but the Supreme Soul. Here ends the section entitled 'What is measured' (6). COMPARISON Śaṁkara, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha Interpretation different, viz. they take this sūtra as forming a new adhikaraṇa by itself, concerned with the question whether the term 'light' in the Chāndogyopaniṣad (8. 12.6) denotes Brahman or not.¹ Baladeva Interpretation different, viz. '(The word "vajra" in the Kaṭho- paniṣad must mean the Lord), because it is seen (that in a preceding passage He is called) light'.² Adhikaraṇa 10: The section entitled 'Some- thing different'. (Sūtras 42–44) SŪTRA 42 "THE ETHER (IS BRAHMAN), ON ACCOUNT OF THE DESIGNATION (OF IT) AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND SO ON." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In the passage: 'The ether, verily, is the producer of name and form' (Chānd. 8.14. 1³), the object denoted by the term 'ether' is the ¹ S.B. 1.3.40, pp. 380 et seq., Bh. B. 1.3.40, p. 69; SK. B. 1.3. 41, pp. 498 et seq. Part 5. ² G.B. 1.3.40. ³ Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B