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320 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 2. 1. 34. ADH 10.] just as the cloud in producing different kinds of shoots depends on their respective seeds. If it be asked: Whence is this known? The author replies: "shows", i.e the holy Scripture shows this thus. 'For he alone makes one, whom he wishes to raise up from these worlds, do good deed; he alone makes one, whom he wishes to lead down, do bad deed' (Kaus. 3.8), 'One becomes good by good deeds, bad by bad deeds' (Brh. 3.2.13), 'The doer of good deeds becomes good, the doer of bad deeds becomes bad' (Brh. 4 4.5). COMPARISON Śaṃkara, Śrīkaṇṭha and Baladeva begin a new adhikarana here. CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued) SŪTRA 34 "IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT THIS IS NOT (POSSIBLE), ON ACCOUNT OF THE NON-DISTINCTION OF WORKS, (WE REPLY:) NO, ON ACCOUNT OF BEGINNINGLESSNESS, AND (THIS) FITS IN, AND IS OBSERVED ALSO." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected that since the text: '"The existent alone, my dear, was this in the beginning"' (Chānd. 6.2.1 ¹) declares the 'non-distinction' of works prior to creation, the Supreme Being's dependence on the works does not fit in,-(we reply:) "no", as works exist even then, the works done by the individual souls in previous births being eternal. And a prior creation "fits in", as a sudden subsequent creation is unreasonable.² And this is "observed also" in the text: 'The creator fashioned the sun and the moon as he did before' (Rg. V. 10.190.3 ³) and so on. 1 Ś, R, ŚK, B. 2 I.e. since a subsequent creation cannot arise all on a sudden we have to admit that it arises from a prior creation. 3 Pp. 413-14.