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[sū. 2. 1. 3. ADH. 2.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 273 Adhikaraṇa 2. The section entitled: 'The re- futation of the Yoga'. (Sūtra 3) SŪTRA 3 "HEREBY THE YOGA IS REFUTED." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha By the refutation of the Sāṁkhya-Smṛti, the Yoga-Smṛti, too is refuted. Vedānta-kaustubha Now, the author points out the unauthenticity of the Yoga- Smṛti. This aphorism is of the form of a formal extension (atideśa). A formal extension means the intimation of similarity when such a similarity is not known. Thus, at first, the Yoga-Smṛti is taken to be concerned with making the Veda clear, accepting as it does the word 'Yoga', which is accepted by Scripture, too, in the text: 'This they think to be the Yoga, the firm holding back of the senses' (Kaṭha 6.11); and hence its similarity to the Sāṁkhya-Smṛti is not known. Therefore, this aphorism intimates the similarity of the Yoga-Smṛti to the Sāṁkhya-Smṛti. "Hereby", i.e. by this very refutation of the Sāṁkhya-Smṛti which establishes a non-sentient cause, the Yoga-Smṛti, too, should be known to be refuted. In the statement. "The Yoga is refuted", by the term "yoga", the Smṛti which establishes it is understood. The purpose of the mention of the term "Yoga" in the statement: 'The Yoga-Smṛti is refuted' is this: Although the Lord is admitted in the Yoga doctrine, yet He is not established primarily, as He is in the aphorism and texts like: "Then, therefore, an enquiry into Brahman' (Br. Sū. 1.1.1), '"O, the soul, verily, should be seen"' (Bṛh. 2.4 5; 4.5.6); The primacy of the Yoga alone is found in the beginning: 'Now, an instruction with regard to the Yoga' (Y S. 1.1), and in the aphorism, laying down its definition, viz.: 'The Yoga is the suppression of the functions of the mind' (Y.S. 1.2¹). And, this mere suppression of the functions of the mind, devoid of any connection with the Lord, is, indeed, of no avail in crossing the world, any more than a dog's tail is in crossing the ocean. ¹ P. 4. 18