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[SŪ. 2. 1. 24. 304 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH 8] COMPARISON Baladeva This is sūtra 24 in his commentary. Interpretation different, viz. "If it be objected that on account of the observation of the completion (of a piece of work by the individual soul,) (it cannot be likened to inert stones and the rest, but is a free agent), (we reply) no, for (the soul's power of action is) like (the cow's power of producing) milk".¹ That is, although the soul is an agent and can as such bring works to completion, yet it is not an independent agent, but has to depend on the Lord for its activities, just as the cow cannot by herself produce milk, but has to depend on the life-energy. SŪTRA 24 “AS IN THE CASE OF THE GODS AND THE REST TOO IN (THEIR WORLD.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Just as the gods and the rest create what they want through a mere wish, so does the Lord too. Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz. Milk and the rest are non-sentient, while Brahman is sentient; as such, the examples cited are not to the point,— the author replies here. The word "too" suggests the possibility of an analogy with the sentient. The case in hand is analogous not merely to that of non- sentient objects, like milk, etc. as shown above, but is also analogous to that of the sentient, known from Scripture to be the power of the Lord. Just as "in the world", i.e. in the world of the gods and the rest, or in Scripture,—the cause of the beholding of all objects,—the gods, the fathers, the sages, the Nāgas and the rest, celebrated to be possessed of great powers, are found to create the objects which they want, as befitting time and need, through a mere wish; just as a spider acts by itself alone independently of any external implement, so the Highest Person, celebrated in all the worlds and Vedas as possessed of great ¹ G B. 2.1.4, pp 56-57, Chap. 1.