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[SŪ. 2. 1. 29. ADH. 9.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 315 and power' (Śvet 6.8 ¹), "that" divinity is "endowed with all powers", i. e. is able to do everything. Vedānta-kaustubha The author is demonstrating the omnipotence of the Highest Person. The cause of the world, as admitted by the Sāṁkhyas and others, viz . pradhāna and the rest, devoid of a multitude of powers, suitable for the production of the diverse and multiform world, does not stand to reason But in the case in hand, the Divinity, worshipped by His own devotees who resort to none else, is "endowed with all", i.e. endowed with all powers, "and", i e. hence, He alone is capable of being the cause, and not pradhāna and the rest Why ? "Because it is seen,—", i.e (because) Scripture ("darśana") demonstrates it ("tad"),² viz. the divinity who is endowed with all powers;—i e. because of the scriptural texts like 'The own power of the divinity, hidden by his own qualities' (Śvet 1.3), 'Supreme is His power, declared to be manifold; natural is the operation of His knowledge and action' (Śvet 6 8), 'Possessed of true desires, possessed of true resolves' (Chānd 8.1.5, 8.7 1, 3) and so on; and because of the Smṛti passage: 'Hundreds of positive powers like creation and the rest, which are inconceivable to the comprehension of all beings, may belong to Brahman, O best among the ascetics, as heat to fire' (V.P. 1.3 2 ³) COMPARISON All others read: "Sarvopetā ca tad-darśanāt", omitting "sā". Śaṁkara and Bhāskara begin a new adhikaraṇa here, (ending with the next sūtra). ¹ R, Śk, B. ² This explains the compound "tad-darśanāt". ³ P 22.