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[sū. 2. 3. 11-12. ADH. 4.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 399 COMPARISON Śaṁkara, Bhāskara and Baladeva This is sūtra 11 in the commentaries of the first two. As before they do not take this as a prima facie sūtra, but as a siddhānta one, meaning: “Water (originates from light)”.¹ PRIMA FACIE VIEW (continued) SŪTRA 11 “THE EARTH (ORIGINATES FROM WATER).” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The earth originates from water, in accordance with the scriptural text: ‘They (viz waters) created food’ (Chānd 6.2 4²). Vedānta-kaustubha The earth originates from water. The scriptural text: ‘Those waters thought: “May we procreate”. They created food’ (Chānd. 6 2 4) declares this. Similarly, it should be known that everywhere the origin of the effect takes place from the immediately preceding cause. COMPARISON Śaṁkara, Bhāskara and Baladeva This sūtra is not found in their commentaries. PRIMA FACIE VIEW (concluded) SŪTRA 12 “(THE WORD ‘FOOD’ DENOTES) THE EARTH, ON ACCOUNT OF SUBJECT-MATTER, COLOUR AND ANOTHER SCRIPTURAL TEXT.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha By the term ‘food’ “the earth” is denoted, because the subject- matter is the (creation of the) great elements; because its colour is ¹ Ś B. 2.3.11, p. 596; Bh. B. 2.3 11, p. 132, G.B. 2.3.10. ² R, Śk