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[sū. 1. 4. 23. ADH. 7.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 257 COMPARISON Śaṁkara, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha Here too, as before, the general import is the same, but while Nimbārka ¹ takes this adhikarana to be connected more directly with the refutation of the Sāṁkhya doctrine, Śaṁkara, Bhāskara and Śrī- kaṇṭha do not. Further, Śaṁkara and Bhāskara interpret the word ‘avasthiteḥ’ differently. To them, it means ‘because of (Brah- man’s) abiding as the individual soul’ (vijñātmā-bhāvena) ². Adhikaraṇa 7. The section entitled ‘The material cause’. (Sūtras 23–27) SŪTRA 23 “(BRAHMAN IS) THE MATERIAL CAUSE, AND (THE EFFICIENT CAUSE), ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABSENCE OF CONFLICT WITH REGARD TO THE INITIAL PROPOSITION AND THE ILLUSTRATION.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha “The material cause,” as well as the efficient cause,—indicated by the particle “and” (in the sūtra),—is none but the Supreme Soul, because then alone the initial proposition: ‘“Did you ask for that in- struction whereby the unheard becomes heard, the unthought becomes thought, the unknown becomes known ?”’ (Chānd. 6.1.3 ³), as well as the illustration: ‘“Just as, my dear, through a lump of clay, all objects made of clay may be known”’ (Chānd. 6.1.4 ⁴) are explicable. Vedānta-kaustubha Having thus refuted the atheistic school of the Sāṁkhyas, now the author, by refuting the theistic school of the Sāṁkhyas, is confirm- ing the view, mentioned above, that the Lord is the non-different material and efficient cause of the world. It may be objected that, properly, this section ought to have been inserted immediately after the aphorism: ‘From whom (arise)

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¹ Vide V.K. 1.4.11, p. 137, Kāsī ed. ² Ś.B. 1 4 21, p. 426; Bh. B. 1.4.21, p 81. ³ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B. ⁴ Op. cit. 17