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[Sū. 1. 4. 1. ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 215 than the Person, He is the goal, the highest course ’ (Kaṭha 3.10 ; 3 11). Here, the objects, designated before as the lord of the chariot and the rest, are mentioned irrespective of the simile ¹ for the sake of making the intended meaning clear ² And the soul and the rest, metaphorically represented as the lord of the chariot and so on, are here referred to by those very terms (‘soul’ and so on) respectively; and the body, metaphorically represented as the chariot, being left over, is denoted by the term ‘unmanifest’ ³. Thus, the objects of senses, metaphorically represented as the roads, are ‘higher than’, i. e. superior to, the sense-organs, metaphorically represented as the horses, in so far as these latter are to be controlled, since when in proximity to objects of senses, the sense-organs of even a self-controlled man are found to incline to them once more. Higher than those even is the mind, metaphorically represented as the reins, since the proximity to objects of sense too is of little avail if the mind be not inclined to them. Higher than that even is intellect, metaphorically represented as the charioteer, since the mind, too, is of little avail in the absence of apprehension Higher than that even is the soul, metaphorically represented as the lord of the chariot, because of its superiority as an agent. Since all these depend upon its will, it alone is specified as the ‘great’. Higher than that even is the body, metaphorically represented as the chariot, since all the activities of the individual soul in connection with all the means to salvation depend on the body. Higher than that even is the Person, the soul of all and the end of the road of transmigratory existence, since everything else, mentioned previously, are under His control. When He is won by

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¹ A krama is a kind of simile in which the comparisons exhibited correspond to each other in regular succession. M. W., p. 319, Col. 2. ² That is, in order that the intended meaning may be clearly conveyed to the reader, the metaphorical way of representation, resorted to above, is given up here, and the actual objects, the sense-organs and the rest, are directly and plainly stated. ³ The argument is as follows : In Kaṭha 3.3–3.9 the soul, the body and the rest, are successively compared to the lord of a chariot, a chariot and so on, while in Kaṭha 3 10–3 11 the same objects, viz. the soul and so on, are mentioned once more, not metaphorically, but directly and plainly. Now in these latter verses, the soul, etc. are denoted by those very words, only there is no actual mention of the body. Hence, when everything else fits in, the body, the only remaining one on this side, must be denoted by the term ‘unmanifest’, the only remaining one on that side