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[SŪ. 2. 3. 50. 446 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 12 ] objector to prove the similarity of the soul with the incarnation) is a mere fallacy". That is, the argument: The soul is a part of the Lord. The incarnation is a part of the Lord ∴ the soul is equal to the incarnation, evidently involves the logical fallacy of undistributed middle.¹ SŪTRA 50 "BECAUSE OF THE NON-RESTRICTION WITH REGARD TO THE UNSEEN PRINCIPLE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha On the doctrine of an all-pervasive soul, confusion is unavoidable even if recourse be taken to the unseen principle, "because of the non-restriction with regard to the unseen principle". Vedānta-kaustubha To the argument, viz. there is no confusion among all practical transactions on our view too, since the unseen principle is the regulator, —the author replies: Confusion results indeed on the view of the opponents, "because of the non-restriction with regard to the unseen principle", viz. to whom may the unforeseen principle, generated in the vicinity of all the all-pervasive souls, belong and to whom not. COMPARISON Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha Interpretation same, only they direct this and the remaining sūtras to the refutation of the Śaṁkarite view, and not to the view of Kapila and others. Baladeva This is sūtra 50 in his commentary He begins a new adhikaraṇa here (three sūtras), concerned with proving the mutual difference among the individual souls. Thus, this sūtra means, according to ¹ G.B. 2.3.48, p. 228, Chap. 2.