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[SŪ. 2. 3. 47. 442 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 12] is something different, who is subject to bondage and release. He is subject to seventeen rāśis (Mahā. 12.13754–56a). It has been declared by Scripture, too, thus ‘Of the two, one eats the sweet berry, the other, without eating looks on’ (Śvet. 4.6, Muṇḍ. 3.1.1). COMPARISON Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha They quote from Smṛti to show that the soul is the attribute of the Lord.¹ Baladeva He quotes from Smṛti to show that the incarnations are not parts of the Lord in the same sense the individual souls are.² SŪTRA 47 “INJUNCTION AND PROHIBITION (FIT IN) ON ACCOUNT OF (THE SOULS’) CONNECTION WITH BODIES, AS IN THE CASE OF FIRE AND SO ON.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha “Injunction and prohibition” like ‘One who is desirous of heaven should perform sacrifices’ (Tait Sam. 2 5 5³), ‘A Śūdra is not to be initiated to a sacrifice’ (Tait Sam. 7.1.1⁴) and so on do indeed fit in, on account of the connection of the individual souls with different bodies, in spite of their being an equality among them as parts of Brahman; just as fire is brought from the house of a Śrotriya,⁵ but not from the crematory; or just as water and the like, touched by clean persons, pots and so on are accepted and not others. Vedānta-kaustubha If the individual souls be all equal as parts and the rest of Brahman, then to whom can the injunctions and prohibitions refer? Listen! In spite of their sameness, injunctions and prohibitions like: ‘One ¹ Śrī. B. 2.3.46, p. 162, Part 2; Śk. B. 2.3.46, p. 160, Parts 7 and 8. ² G.B. 2.3.45. ³ P. 208, line 27, vol. 2. Not quoted by others. ⁴ P. 241, line 21, vol. 2. Not quoted by others ⁵ A Brāhmaṇa versed in the Veda.