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[sū 2. 3. 28. ADH. 9.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 421 nescience. Thereby beings are deluded ’ ’ ’ (Gītā 5.15), ‘ “ In whom that nescience has been destroyed by knowledge, in them knowledge shines forth like the sun, O Bhārata ! ’ ’ ’ (Gītā 5.16 ¹). COMPARISON Śaṃkara This is sūtra 29 in his commentary. Interpretation absolutely different. He takes this and the following three sūtras as laying down the correct conclusion, viz. that the soul is all-pervasive, in answer to the prima facie view set forth in ten sūtras above Thus, this sūtra means, according to him: “But there is that designation (of the atomicity of the soul) on account of its having that attribute (viz buddhi) as its essence, as in the case of the intelligent being”. That is, just as Brahman, though all-pervading, is designated to be atomic for the purpose of meditation, so the individual soul, though all- pervading, is designated to be atomic through its limiting adjunct of buddhi.² Rāmānuja, Śrīkaṇṭha and Baladeva This is sūtra 29 in the commentaries of the first two, and sūtra 27 in the commentary of the last. Baladeva leaves out “tu”. Inter- pretation different—viz “But there is that designation (i e the designation of the soul as knowledge) on account of its having that attribute as its essence, as in the case of the intelligent one” That is, just as the Lord, though a knower, is sometimes designated as know- ledge, so the individual soul too, though a knower, is sometimes designated as knowledge, since it possesses knowledge as its essential attribute.³ They continue the same topic in the following four sūtras, although literal interpretation is the same. Bhāskara This is sūtra 29 in his commentary. Interpretation absolutely different. Here he points out that the atomicity of the soul, considered so long, is not the real form of the soul, but only its transmigratory

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¹ Correct quotation: “Prakāśayati tatparam”. Vide Gītā, 5.16, p. 303. ² Ś.B. 2.3.29, pp. 616 ff. ³ Śrī. B. 2.3.29, p. 144, Part 2; Śk. B. 2.3.29, p. 147. Parts 7 and 8, G.B. 2.3.27, p. 198, Chap. 2.