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438 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 2. 3. 43-44. ADH. 12.] COMPARISON Śaṃkara Literal interpretation same, although as usual Śaṃkara holds that the soul is not a real part of Brahman, but a part as it were.¹ The same remarks apply to the following two sūtras. SŪTRA 43 “ON ACCOUNT OF THE WORDING OF A SACRED TEXT.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha “On account of the wording of the sacred text,” viz. ‘A foot of him are all beings’ (Ṛg. V. 10 90.3 ²; Chānd. 3.12.6), the individual soul is a part of Brahman. Vedānta-kaustubha The individual soul is nothing but a part of the Supreme Soul. Why? Also “on account of the wording of the sacred text”: ‘A foot of him are all beings, three feet of him are immortal in the heaven’ (Ṛg. V 10.90.3, Chānd. 3.12.6) A ‘feet’ means a ‘part’. SŪTRA 44 “AND, MOREOVER, (IT IS) DECLARED BY SMṚTI.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha It is declared by Smṛti also that the individual soul is a part of Brahman thus: ‘“A part of my own self, in the world of men, has become the individual soul, the eternal’”’ (Gītā 15.7 ³).

¹ Ś.B. 2.3.43, p. 636. ² P. 349, line 19. Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B. ³ Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B.