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[sū. 2. 3. 15 406 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 6.] (We reply.) “No”. Why ? “On account of non-difference,” i.e. because of the non-difference of the origin of knowledge and mind, as well as of the ether and the rest, from Brahman alone. The text: ‘From him arise the vital-breath’ (Muṇḍ. 2 1 3) and so on simply points out that there is the origin of all from Brahman, and is not set aside by the above-mentioned order. In the very same manner, scriptural texts like: ‘He created the vital-breath, from the vital- breath reverence, the ether, the air, the fire, water, the earth, the sense- organs, the mind, food’ (Praśna 6.4) and so on, designate that every- thing arises from Brahman, and do not set forth a particular order. The meaning of the word ‘vital-breath’ in the passage. ‘From him arise the vital-breath, the mind and all sense-organs’ (Muṇḍ. 2.1.3) will become clear later on.¹ And, thus it is established that in the aphorism. “But there is” (Br. Sū. 2 3 2), only a portion (of the real order of creation) has been mentioned by the author of the aphorisms. So, in the abridged texts designating the order of the origination of elements, such as: ‘From the soul the ether originated’ (Tait. 2.1) and so on, the portions not mentioned, viz. prakṛti, mahat and the rest, established by other texts concerned about creation and dissolu- tion, and figuratively implied by the phrase “knowledge and mind” (in the sūtra), are necessarily understood; but there is no contradiction whatsoever of the texts designating the order of the origination of elements by other texts. Here ends the section entitled “Knowledge which intervenes” (6). COMPARISON Śaṃkara The interpretation of the word “aviśeṣāt” different, viz. “On account of the non-difference (of the organs from the elements)”. That is, the organs being of the same nature as the elements, the origination of the former is the same as that of the latter, and not different.² ¹ Vide Br. Sū. 2.4.9. ² Ś.B. 2.3.15, p. 602.