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414 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 2. 3. 20-21. ADH. 9.] COMPARISON Śaṃkara He takes sūtras 19–27 as laying down the prima facie view. Literal interpretation same. SŪTRA 20 “AND (THERE IS POSSIBILITY) OF THE SUBSEQUENT TWO (VIZ. GOING AND RETURNING) THROUGH ONE’S SELF.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Sometimes departing may be possible on the part of even one who is not moving, as in the case of the cessation of the rulership of a village ¹ But, since there is possibility “of the subsequent two through one’s self” alone, the individual soul is atomic. Vedānta-kaustubha As in the case of the cessation of the rulership of a village, departing, which consists in the cessation of the rulership of the body, may sometimes be possible on the part of the soul even when it is not moving. But, since there can be the accomplishment “of the subsequent two”, viz. going and returning”, “through one’s self” alone, it is established that the individual soul is atomic. SŪTRA 21 “IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT (THE SOUL IS) NOT ATOMIC, BECAUSE OF THE SCRIPTURAL MENTION OF WHAT IS NOT THAT, (WE REPLY :) NO, ON ACCOUNT OF THE TOPIC BEING SOMETHING ELSE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected : In accordance with the text, referring to the individual soul and designating “what is not that”, viz. : ‘He, verily, is the great’ (Bṛh. 4.4.22 ²), the individual soul is “not atomic”,— ¹ I.e. when somebody ceases to be the ruler of a village, he may be said to ‘go out’. ² Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B.