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452 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [SŪ. 2. 4. 2. ADH. 1.] mind and all the sense-organs' (Muṇḍ. 2.1.3), 'Just as small sparks come forth from fire, so exactly do all the sense-organs from this soul' (Bṛh. 2.1.20), 'Seven sense-organs arise' (Muṇḍ 2.1.7). Having made the initial assertion, viz that there is the knowledge of one through the knowledge of all thus: '"What being known, sir, all this comes to be known?"' (Muṇḍ. 2.1.3), the text goes on to declare, in order to prove it, that 'From him arise the vital-breath, the mind and all the sense-organs' (Mund 2 1 3) and so on. This initial proposition is proved only if all the effects, like the sense-organs and the rest, are admitted to have Him as their material cause. The scriptural text: 'The non-existent alone was this in the beginning' (Śat. Br. 6.1.1, 1), on the other hand, is to be explained as referring to the cause. Hence there is no contradiction. COMPARISON Rāmānuja He takes this and the next sūtra as one sūtra Interpretation different, viz. "(The plural number in the text ¹) is secondary, be- cause of impossibility", i.e. because prior to creation Brahman alone exists.² Śrīkaṇṭha He regards this sūtra as answering the prima facie objection. He too like Rāmānuja takes this and the next sūtra as forming a single sūtra, and interprets it just like Rāmānuja Baladeva Interpretation just like Rāmānuja's. ¹ Viz. Śat. Br. 6.1.1, 1. See Śrīnivāsa above. It has been stated under the previous sūtra that the words 'sense-organs' and 'sages' in that passage denote Brahman. But how then to account for the plural number?—to this question the present sūtra replies. ² Śrī. B. 2.4.2, p. 170, Part 2.