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332 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [SŪ. 2. 2. 6 ADH. 1.] and the rest, eaten by cows, etc. become milk by themselves, so the unmanifest, too, is transformed into the form of mahat and the rest. Vedānta-kaustubha If it be objected Just as grass, water, etc. are transformed into the form of milk, so the unmanifest is transformed into the form of mahat and the rest, independently indeed of another efficient cause, —the author replies: “No”. This cannot be said Why? “On ac- count of the non-existence elsewhere,” i.e. because “elsewhere”, or in the case of oxen and the rest, other than that of cows, etc. there is no transformation of the grass, water and so on, eaten by them, into the form of milk The particle “and” implies that since the transformation of the grass, etc , eaten by cows, into the form of milk is admitted to be due to an intelligent principle, likewise pradhāna, too, is transformed into the form of mahat and the rest as superintended by an intelligent principle alone, and not by itself. COMPARISON Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha They change the order of the sūtras 5–9 which will be noticed at the end of sūtra 9. Interpretation same SŪTRA 6 “EVEN IF THERE BE THE ADMISSION (OF ACTIVITY ON THE PART OF PRADHĀNA, STILL THEN IT CANNOT BE THE CAUSE), ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABSENCE OF A PURPOSE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha “Even if there be the admission” of activity on the part of pradhāna somehow or other, still pradhāna cannot be the cause, since a purpose for such an activity is impossible on its part, it being non-sentient. Vedānta-kaustubha It has been said under the aphorism: “And on account of acti- vity” (Br. Sū. 2 2.2) that pradhāna has no power of independent activity, and hence is not the cause of the world. Now the author