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[sū. 2. 1. 9. ADH. 3] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 281 possesses the attributes of sentience, infinity, freedom from sins and the rest, and is established by the scriptural texts 'Brahman is truth, intelligence, infinite" (Tait. 2.1), "Free from sins, ageless, deathless" (Chānd. 8.1.5, 8 7.1, 3; Maitrī. 7.7), "Who is omniscient, all-knowing" (Muṇḍ. 1 1.9, 2.2.7) and so on. Why? "On account of there being the consequence of (becoming) like that during dissolu- tion." That is, because "during dissolution", or during reabsorption, non-sentience, limitedness, impurity and the rest will occur on the part of the material cause as well, "like that", i.e as on the part of the effect The sense is that during dissolution, the world, possessing non-sentience and the rest, and merged into its material cause in an order reverse to that of creation, i.e merged into Brahman, possessing the attribute of sentience and the rest, is sure to defile Him with its own attributes, as does butter-milk dropped in milk CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtras 9-10) SŪTRA 9 "BUT NO, ON ACCOUNT OF THERE BEING PARALLEL IN- STANCES." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The reply is as follows: There is indeed no "consequence of (be- coming) like that". Just as the evolutes of the earth do not defile it when dissolved into it, so the universe, the evolute of Brahman, also does not. Vedānta-kaustubha The author refutes the objection. "But no", i.e. no such consequence follows, and hence our view does not involve any inconsistency. Why? An effect does not defile its material cause with its own attributes when dissolved into it, there being parallel instances to this effect. Just as the evolutes like bracelets, ear-rings and the rest, when dissolved, do not defile the lump of gold with their own attributes; and just as the evolutes of the earth, when dissolved into the earth, do not defile the earth with their own attributes, so this universe, consisting of the sentient and the non-sentient, when dissolved into Brahman, does not, indeed,