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[sū. 2. 3 25. ADH. 9 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 417 observed that the drop of sandal-paste occupies one spot of the body; but it is not known that the individual soul occupies one part of the body, since consciousness is experienced everywhere,—on account of such a difference of abode between the two,— (We reply :) “No”. Why ? “On account of the admission,” viz. that the soul, atomic in size, abides in one part of the body, i.e. “in the heart”, by the scriptural text: ‘He who is made of knowledge among the vital-breaths, who is the light within the heart’ (Bṛh. 4.4.22). The meaning of the term “certainly” is that it is the attribute of knowledge (and not the atomic soul itself) which abides in the whole body. SŪTRA 25 “OR THROUGH ATTRIBUTE, LIKE LIGHT.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The illumination of the body takes place only through the attribute of the soul, like the light of a lamp and the like in a room. Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz. the doctrine that there is a relation of attribute and substratum (between knowledge and the soul) is not proper, since our purpose is served by the very nature only (of the soul),—(the author) replies : The term “or” is for disposing of the objection. The sense is that the experience of the pleasure and the like, pertaining to the entire body, by the atomic soul, occupying one part of the body, is possible through its attribute of knowledge which is all-pervading “As in ordinary life.” In ordinary life, a gem, the sun, a light and so on, though occupying one place, illuminate many places, as the case may be, through their attribute alone. Or else, (the combination) may be disjoined as: “as in the case of light”, i.e. like the light of gems and the rest. The doctrine of an attributeless soul, as admitted by the Sāṁkhyas, has been disposed of above.¹ COMPARISON Śaṁkara reads “lokavat”, all others “ālokavat”. ¹ Vide V.K. 1.3.18. 27