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[SŪ. 2. 4. 15. 466 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 7.] Baladeva Interpretation different, viz. “But the light (jyotiḥ) is the prime ruler (ādyadhiṣṭhāna), on account of the declaration of that.” That is, the Lord is the primary initiator of the sense-organs, while the fire-god and the rest, and the individual soul are secondary initiators.¹ SŪTRA 15 “WITH THE POSSESSOR OF THE VITAL-BREATH, ON ACCOUNT OF SCRIPTURAL TEXT.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha There is a servant-master relation between the sense-organs and the individual soul alone. The soul is the enjoyer, “on account of the scriptural text”: ‘Now where the eye has entered into the ether, that is the seeing person: the eye is for seeing’ (Chānd. 8.12.4²). Vedānta-kaustubha If this be so, then enjoyment, too, may pertain to the gods,—to this the author replies: The possessor of the vital-breath is one who has the vital-breath, the cause of the holding up of the body and the sense-organs. The sense-organs have a servant-master relation “with the possessor of the vital-breath”, i.e. with the individual soul. This being so, the possessor of the vital-breath alone is the enjoyer of objects through the sense-organs,—this is the sense. Why? “On account of scriptural text”, i.e. on account of the scriptural text: ‘Now, where the eye has entered into the ether, that is the seeing person; the eye is for seeing’ (Chānd. 8.12.4). ¹ G.B. 2.4.14, p. 249, Chap. 2. ² Ś, B.