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[SŪ. 1. 4. 28. 264 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 8.] COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Śrīkaṇṭha As before they do not take this adhikarana to be directly connected with the refutation of the Sāṃkhya view, as Nimbārka does.¹ Adhikaraṇa 8: The section entitled 'The expla- nation of all' (Sūtra 28) SŪTRA 28 "HEREBY ALL IS EXPLAINED, EXPLAINED." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "Hereby", i.e. by the totality of the sections, 'all' the Vedāntas 'are explained' as referring to Brahman, "explained". Here ends the fourth quarter of the first chapter of the Vedānta- pārijāta-saurabha, an interpretation of the Śārīraka-mīmāṃsā texts, and composed by the reverend Nimbārka. Vedānta-kaustubha Now, the reverend author of the aphorisms is showing the con- cordance of all the Vedāntas with regard to Brahman by means of extended and analogical application² "Hereby", i.e. through the above mode of concordance, "all" Vedāntas, mentioned or non- mentioned, should be known to be "explained" as referring to Brahman. It should be known that the Vedas also are in concordance with regard to Brahman alone, in accordance with the scriptural text: 'The word which all the Vedas record' (Katha 2.15); and in accordance with the Smṛti text: '"I alone am to be known through all the Vedas"' (Gītā 15.15). The repetition shows the end of the chapter. Hence it is established that Lord Kṛṣṇa, the cause of the origin and the rest of the universe, the sole topic of all the Vedas, and ¹ Vide V.K. 1.4.28, p. 142 and 1.4.27, p. 145. K.S.S. ed. ² Atideśa. For the explanation of 'atideśa' see V.K. 2.1.3.