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[sū. 2 1. 13. ADH. 5.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 285 accept (the Veda)", too, should be known to be refuted The word "śiṣṭāḥ" means 'the remaining ones', i.e persons other than Kapila ¹ and Patañjali ². The word "parigrahāḥ" means all who do not accept the Veda.³ It is thus established that the doctrine of the causality of Brahman is not contradicted by their views as well. Here ends the section entitled "The Non-acceptance of the rest" (4) COMPARISON Śaṃkara, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha According to them the word "śiṣṭāparigrahāḥ" means (the doc- trines like Atomism and the rest) which are not accepted by the wise ⁴ Adhikaraṇa 5: The section entitled "Becoming the enjoyer". (Sūtra 13) SŪTRA 13 "IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT ON ACCOUNT OF (BRAHMAN) BECOMING AN ENJOYER, (THERE WILL BE) NON-DISTINCTION, (BETWEEN BRAHMAN AND THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL), WE REPLY, IT MAY BE AS IN ORDINARY LIFE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected that if Brahman be the material cause, then Brahman Himself will become an enjoyer of pleasures and pains in the form of the individual soul, so that there will be no distinction ¹ The founder of the Sāṃkhya doctrine. ² The founder of the Yoga doctrine. ³ This explains the compound: "śiṣṭāparigrahāḥ". ⁴ Hence they explain the compound as "Śiṣṭaiḥ aparigrahāḥ" and not as śiṣṭhāś ca aparigrahāś ca", as done by Nimbārka, Śrīnivāsa, Rāmānuja and Baladeva. Vide ŚB. 2.1.11, p. 461; Bh. B. 2.1.12, p. 92; ŚK. B. 2.1.13, p. 18, Parts 7 and 8.