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[sū. 1. 4. 12. ADH 3.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 235 by the pronoun 'in whom', and the ether, twenty-five principles are not denoted The meaning of the text is as follows 'The gods worship that', viz Brahman. What is that? 'That which is the light of lights', i.e. of sun and the rest, 'life', i.e. the cause of the longevity of its own devotees, 'immortal', i.e. the object to be attained during the state of release, this is the sense of the introductory text (Bṛh. 4.4.16, etc). 'In whom', i.e. in Brahman, 'the five five-people are based'. The compound 'five-people' (pañca-jana) is to be explained in accordance with the rule. 'Words indicating a quarter or a number are compounded (with words in the same case ¹) to designate a name (and the compound is a tat-puruṣa)' (Pāṇ 2.1.50, SD. K 727 ²). The word 'five-people' is here understood as a name, since the meaning of the component parts (i.e. the number five) is not intended to be designated. Just as by the expression 'seven sages' each of the seven sages is denoted, so by the word 'five-people' as well. On the enquiry: How many five-people are there? the adjective 'five' is added.³ As Yājñavalkya says 'In whom the ether is based that alone is Brahman, the support of all and immortal. He who knows the Highest Self, to be approached by the freed, the soul, the cause of all existence and activity, becomes immortal, so I think. He who does not know Him does not become free' SŪTRA 12 "(THE 'FIVE-PEOPLE' ARE) THE VITAL-BREATH AND THE REST, ON ACCOUNT OF THE COMPLEMENTARY PASSAGE" Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "On account of the complementary passage", viz. 'Those who know the breath of breath, the eye of eye, the ear of ear, the food of ¹ In accordance with the previous Pāṇ.-sūtra 2.1.49. ² P. 509, vol. 1. ³ I.e. the expression 'five-people' denotes the name of a certain class of beings, and the expression 'five five-people' denotes that there are five classes of such beings, just as the expression 'seven sages' denotes a certain class of sages, (i.e. stars) and the expression 'seven seven-sages' denotes that there are seven classes of such beings. What these classes of beings called 'five-people' are is indicated in the next sūtra.