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[SŪ 2. 4. 2. ADH 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 451 COMPARISON Śrīkaṇṭha Interpretation different, viz. he takes it to be setting down the prima facie view thus: ‘(Just as the individual soul is eternal) so are the sense-organs ¹ (as declared by Scripture ²)’. SŪTRA 2 "ON ACCOUNT OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF A SECONDARY (ORIGIN)" Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha It cannot be said also that in the section concerned with creation, e.g. in the passage: "From the self the ether has originated" (Tait 2 1), there being no mention of the origin of the organs, the text regarding the origin of the organs is secondary,—"on account of the impossibility of a secondary" (origin). That is, the sense-organs must have origin, as the majority of scriptural texts designate such an origin, and as, otherwise, the initial proposition that there is the knowledge of all through the knowledge of one will come to be con- tradicted Vedānta-kaustubha Having rejected the doubt,—viz. by reason of its opposition to the scriptural text: ‘“The non-existent, verily, was this in the beginning”’ (Tait. 2.7), the scriptural text about the origin of the sense-organs is secondary,—the author states the reason for the view that the sense-organs, too, originate. The compound "gauṇyāsambhava" is to be explained as ‘impos- sibility of a secondary (origin)’, i.e. the scriptural text about the origin of the sense-organs cannot be secondary. Hence the sense- organs do originate. If it be asked: Why impossible?—(we reply:) Because the scriptural text about origin can be understood literally, because there are numerous scriptural texts regarding such an origin, and because otherwise the initial proposition will come to be con- tradicted, i.e. because there are numerous scriptural texts designat- ing origination, such as: ‘From him arise the vital-breath, the ¹ Śk. B. 2.4.1, p. 168 ² I.e. Śat. Br. 6.1.1, 1—quoted by Śrīnivāsa.