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[SŪ. 2. 4. 6. 456 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 2 ] he does not see, does not smell, does not taste, does not speak, does not hear, does not think, does not touch' (Bṛh 4.4.1-2), only seven, like the eye, etc., are specified. COMPARISON Śaṁkara According to him "gateḥ" = avagateḥ, i.e. because of under- standing.¹ CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtra 6) SŪTRA 6 "BUT (THERE ARE) HANDS AND THE REST, (THESE ADDITIONAL SENSE-ORGANS) BEING ESTABLISHED, THEREFORE (THAT) IS NOT SO." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The correct conclusion is as follows It being definitely ascertained from the passage: 'The hand, verily, is an organ of sense' (Bṛh. 3.2.8 ²) and so on, that there are more than seven, it is not to be thought there are only seven sense-organs. In accordance with the scriptural passage. 'There are ten sense-organs in a person, the soul is the eleventh' (Bṛh. 3.9.4 ³), there are eleven sense-organs. Vedānta-kaustubha The author states the right conclusion. The term "but" intimates the blindness of the prima facie opponent. In the scriptural text: 'The hand, verily, is an organ of sense. It is seized by action as an over-sense-organ, for by the hands one performs action' (Bṛh. 3.2.8), "the hands and the rest", over and above the seven, are mentioned. "Therefore" the hands and the rest, over and above the seven, "being established", and in the pas- sage: 'All the sense-organs go out' (Bṛh. 4.4.2) the going out of all the sense-organs being not specified, it cannot be thought that there are only seven of them. But the fact is that there are eleven sense- organs in accordance with the scriptural and Smṛti texts: 'There 1 Ś.B. 2.4.5, p. 653. 2 Ś, Bh, B. 3 Op. cit.