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[sū. 2. 1. 21. ADH. 7.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 299 CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtras 21-22) SŪTRA 21 “BUT (BRAHMAN IS) SOMETHING MORE, ON ACCOUNT OF THE INDICATION OF DIFFERENCE ” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The refutation of this is as follows. We hold that the creator of the world is Brahman, who is “some- thing more” than, i.e. superior to, the embodied soul, the enjoyer of pleasure and pain. “On account of the designation of difference” in the passage “Who rules the soul within” (Śat. Br. 14.6.7, 30 ¹), there is no absolute non-difference between the two. Hence there cannot result the fault of not doing what is beneficial Vedānta-kaustubha With regard to this prima facie view, the author states the correct conclusion. The word “but” disposes of the prima facie view. Since we hold that Brahman,—omniscient, omnipotent, the Lord of all, without an equal or a superior, and the one identical material and efficient cause of the world,—is “something more”, i.e. superior to the embodied soul, the question of not doing what is beneficial does not arise. The reason of His being something more is stated in the phrase: “On account of the indication of difference”, i.e. on account of the indication of a difference between Brahman and the individual soul in the passages: ‘“O, the self, verily, should be seen”’ (Bṛh. 2.4.5; 4.5.6), “The knower of Brahman attains the highest” (Tait. 2.1), ‘Who rules the soul within’ (Śat. Br. 14.6.7, 30). The sense is this: Just as in the passage: ‘All this, verily is Brahman’ (Chānd. 3.14.1), it being impossible for the group of the non-sentient to be non-different from Brahman, its difference from Brahman is admitted by the phrase ‘emanating from Him’ ² so it being impossible for the ¹ P 1074, line 18. R. ² The passage is: “All this, verily, is Brahman, emanating from Him, disappearing into Him and breathing in Him” (Chānd. 3.14.1).