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[sū. 2. 1 22. 300 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 7 ] individual soul, too, to be by nature non-different from Brahman on the authority of the stated scriptural text designating difference, it is declared to be non-different from Brahman, by such texts like ‘“Thou art that”’ (Chānd. 6.8.7, etc.), only as having no existence and activity independently of Brahman, but not by nature. Thus, on account of the designation of difference, in spite of there being a non-difference between the two, faults like doing what is not bene- ficial do not arise. COMPARISON Śaṃkara Interpretation same, but in conclusion he adds, as usual, the explanation that it is only from the empirical point of view that we can speak of creation of a difference between the individual soul and Brahman, but from the transcendental point of view no question of creation arises at all 1 CORRECT CONCLUSION (end) SŪTRA 22 “AND (THE INDIVIDUAL SOULS ARE) LIKE STONES AND THE REST, THERE IS IMPOSSIBILITY OF THAT” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Like the diamond, the lapis lazuli, the ruby and the rest which are the modifications of the earth, the individual soul, though non- different from Brahman, is also different from Him, possessing, as it does, some peculiar qualities of its own. Hence, the allegation by the opponent is an “impossible” one. Vedānta-kaustubha Moreover, just as in ordinary life, the stones like the diamond, the lapis lazuli, the ruby and the rest which are modifications of the earth, though non-different from the earth as consisting in earth, are yet different from the earth, possessing, as they do, their peculiar natures,—so is the case here. By the term “and the rest” the 1 “Tatra kuta eva sṛṣṭiḥ, kuto' vā hita-karaṇādayo doṣāḥ?” Ś.B. 2.1.22, p. 484.