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[sū. 2. 1. 17. ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 295 a different weight is never found.¹ Likewise, the sparks of fire, which are its evolutes and known through the evidence of direct perception, are perceived by all,—there being no evidence for the imaginary doctrine of a power producing unprecedented objects. Hence the doctrine of a non-existent effect ² is unreasonable. The activity of the agent, too, is meaningless on this view, since the activities of an agent in connection with the making of a pot,—viz. digging earth, pounding it, placing it and so on,—all relate to the material cause. In the absence of the material cause, with regard to what should the agent act, seeing that the effect, viz the pot and the rest, are not produced then, and that, in that case, the conse- quence will be the origin of the pot through mere activity, even in the absence of the lump of clay? All this should be considered by the wise. The manifold controversies with regard to this point are not mentioned here for fear of unduly tiring those who desire for release. In the case under discussion, on the other hand, since Brahman possesses infinite powers, everything is unobjectionable. The author states once more another reason for the existence of the effect, thus "And from another text". The other text is the text aptly teaching the pre-existence of the effect, viz. " 'The existent alone, my dear, was this in the beginning' " (Chānd. 6.2.1), which is other than the above quoted text, viz: 'The non-existent, verily, was the beginning" (Chānd 3.19.1) Because of this too, it is the (pre-) existent effect alone that originates,—this is the sense COMPARISON Śaṁkara, Bhāskara and Baladeva They break this sūtra into two different sūtras, viz. "Asad- vyapadeśāt . . vākya-śeṣāt" and "Yukteḥ śabdāntarāc ca".³ Interpretation same. ¹ I e. the weight of the gold ear-ring is the same as that of the gold from which it is made. This shows that the cause and the effect are non-different. ² Asat-kārya-vāda. ³ Ś.B. 2.1.17 and 18, p. 475; Bh. B. 2.1.17 and 18. 100, 101; G.B. 2.1.17 and 18.