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SECOND CHAPTER (Adhyāya) FOURTH QUARTER (Pāda) Adhikarana 1: The section entitled “The origin of the sense-organs”. (Sūtras 1–4) SŪTRA 1 “LIKEWISE THE SENSE-ORGANS.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The origin of the organs is being considered. The sense-organs originate like the ether and the rest. Vedānta-kaustubha In the preceding quarter, the absence of any contradiction among the scriptural texts regarding the ether and the rest has been shown. Now, the author is showing the non-contradictory nature of the scriptural texts regarding the organs of the individual soul. On the doubt, viz. whether the sense-organs originate or not, the prima facie view is as follows: In the discussions about origin, e.g. in the scriptural text: ‘From this soul the ether has originated’ (Tait. 2.1), there is no mention of the origin of the sense-organs; and in the scriptural text: ‘“The non-existent, verily, was this in the beginning”. Then they said: “What was that non-existent”? “The sages, verily, were the non-existent in the beginning.” Then they said: “Who were those sages”. “The sense-organs, verily, were the sages”’ (Śat. Br. 6.1.1, 1¹), the sense-organs are declared to exist prior to creation; hence they do not originate. With regard to it, we reply: Just as the elements like the ether and the rest, mentioned in the passage: ‘From him arise the vital- breath, the mind and all the sense-organs, the ether, the air, fire’ (Muṇḍ. 2.1.3), originate, “so the sense-organs”, too, originate.

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¹ P. 499, lines 1-2.