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418 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 2. 3. 26-27. ADH. 9.] SŪTRA 26 "THE EXTENDING BEYOND (OF KNOWLEDGE) IS AS IN THE CASE OF SMELL, FOR THIS (SCRIPTURE) SHOWS." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha But the "extending beyond" of the attribute of knowledge fits in "as in the case of smell". The scriptural text: 'He has entered here up to the body-hairs and finger nails' (Kauṣ. 4.20 1) "shows" the individual soul to be the substratum of such an attribute. Vedānta-kaustubha "The extending" of the attribute of knowledge beyond the soul, its substratum which is situated within the heart, i.e. its occupying a larger space, is "as in the case of smell", i.e. is just like smell occupying a larger space than the flower which occupies a smaller space. The scriptural text: 'He has entered here up to the body- hairs and finger-nails' (Kauṣ. 4.2.0) "shows" the soul's pervasion over the entire body by means of its attribute of knowledge, extending over a larger space. COMPARISON Śaṁkara and Bhāskara They break this sūtra into two different ones, viz. "Vyatireko gandhavat" and "Tathā ca darśayati".² Rāmānuja He too reads "ca" in place of "hi", but does not break it into two sūtras. —————— SŪTRA 27 "ON ACCOUNT OF THE SEPARATE TEACHING." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Although there is no distinction between the soul and its knowledge in respect of being knowledge, yet a relation of substratum and 1 Not quoted by others. For correct quotation vide Kauṣ., p. 141. 2 Ś.B., pp. 615-16, Bh. B., p. 136.