वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[SŪ. 2. 4. 7. ADH. 3.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 457 are ten sense-organs in a person, the soul is the eleventh’ (Bṛh. 3.2.8), ‘The sense-organs are ten and one’ (Gītā 15 5). Among these, five are organs of knowledge, viz ear, skin, eye, tongue and nose. They have five objects, viz sound and the rest. Five are organs of action, viz. speech, hands, feet, organ of elimination and organ of generation. They have five objects like word and the rest. The internal organ is the mind, the cause of resolution and the rest In this way it is established that there are altogether eleven sense-organs Here ends the section entitled “The going of the seven” (2). COMPARISON Rāmānuja, Śrīkaṇṭha and Baladeva This is sūtra 5 in the commentaries of the first two, but sūtra 6 in the commentary of the last. Interpretation of the word “sthite” different, viz. “because of abiding (in the body and assisting the soul).¹ Adhikaraṇa 3: The section entitled “The atom- icity of the sense-organs”. (Sūtra 7) SŪTRA 7 “AND ATOMIC.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In accordance with the scriptural text regarding going out, viz.: ‘All the sense-organs go out’ (Bṛh. 4 4.2²), the sense-organs are “atomic”. Vedānta-kaustubha Now the author is showing the size of the sense-organs. On the doubt, viz. whether the sense-organs are atomic or all- pervading, the Sāṁkhyas maintain that they are all-pervasive, being effects of the unlimited ahaṁkāra. In accordance with the scriptural ¹ Śrī. B. 2 4.5, p. 173, Part 2; Śk. B. 2.4.5, p. 169, Parts 7 and 8; G.B. 2.4.6. ² R, Śk, B.