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404 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [Sū. 2 3. 15. ADH. 6.] the real order of succession) fits in (only if there be the origination of all effects directly) from thence (i e. Brahman) That is, in Scripture we have many passages which designate the vital-breath and the rest as rising directly from Brahman, in opposition to the real order of evolution, viz. prakṛti, mahat, and so on; and these texts are explicable only on the supposition that everything really arises from Brahman directly.¹ This is sūtra 13 in Baladeva's commentary, who follows Rāmānuja exactly with the difference that he takes this sūtra as constituting an adhikaraṇa by itself.² Śrīkaṇṭha This is sūtra 15 in his commentary, reading different, viz. substitutes "pāramparyeṇa", in place of "viparyyayeṇa". Interpre- tation too different, viz. he begins a new adhikaraṇa here, ending with the next sūtra, and concerned with the question of the origin of sense- organs, mind and the like,—which according to Nimbārka begins with the next sūtra.³ Adhikaraṇa 6: The section entitled "Knowledge which intervenes" (Sūtra 15) SŪTRA 15 “IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT KNOWLEDGE AND MIND (MUST BE PLACED) BETWEEN (BRAHMAN AND THE ELEMENTS) ON ACCOUNT OF ITS INDICATION (IN SCRIPTURAL TEXT), (AND THAT THE ABOVE ORDER OF CREATION IS SET ASIDE) BY (THIS) ORDER, (WE REPLY;) NO, ON ACCOUNT OF NON-DIFFERENCE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected: "On account of the indication", viz. 'From him arise the vital-breath, the mind, and all the sense-organs' (Muṇḍ. 2 1.3⁴), "knowledge and mind" must be between Brahman and the elements; and "by the order" obtained in this way the above- mentioned order is contradicted,— ¹ Śrī. B. 2.3.15, p. 131, Part 2. ² G.B. 2.3.13, p. 177, Chap. 2. ³ Śk. B. 2.3.15, pp. 135-36, Parts 7 and 8. ⁴ Ś, R, B, Śk, B.