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[SŪ. 2. 2 38. 378 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 7.] Lord," i.e. the view of Paśupati is not justifiable. Why? "On account of inconsistency," i.e because of the inconsistency in their view by reason of establishing two causes ¹ in direct contradiction to the scriptural texts like "He thought: 'May I be many'" (Chānd. 6 2 3), 'He became existent and that' (Tait. 2.6), 'All this has that for its soul' (Chānd 6.8.7, etc.). Moreover, since the practices like meditation preceded by the pranava, besmearing one's self with the ashes of a corpse and so on, are mutually contradictory, their view is indeed inconsistent COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara This is sūtra 34 in Bhāskara's Commentary. They do not take this adhikarana as a refutation of the Pāśupata doctrine only, but of the Sāṃkhya-yoga as well, in fact of all the doctrines generally, which maintain the Lord to be the efficient cause only and not the material cause of the world.² Śrīkaṇṭha He takes this adhikarana to be concerned with the refutation of the doctrine of the Ekadeśī Tāntrikas only or of those Śaivas according to whom the Lord is the efficient cause only, while Māyā is the material cause, śakti the instrument ³ SŪTRA 38 "AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RELATION." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "And on account of the impossibility of relation" between Paśupati, the instigator who is without a body, and pradhāna and the rest, to be instigated, Paśupati is not the cause of the world. ¹ I.e. two causes of the world material and efficient, different from each other. ² Ś.B. 2.2.37, p. 566; Bh. B. 2.2.34 (written as 2.2.37 in conformity with Śaṃkara's number), p. 127. ³ ŚK. B 2 3.37.