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468 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 2. 4. 17. ADH. 7.] Baladeva Interpretation different, viz And on account of the eternity of that, (i.e. of the relationship between the Lord and the gods) That is, there being an eternal relation between the gods and the Lord, the real ruler, the gods rule the sense-organs and so on, through the mere will of the Lord ¹ —————————————————— SŪTRA 17 "THEY (ARE) SENSE-ORGANS, ON ACCOUNT OF THE DESIGNATION OF THOSE AS OTHER THAN THE BEST." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "On account of the designation of those," i.e. of sense-organs, as different from the chief in the passage: 'From him arise the vital- breath, the mind and all the sense-organs' (Muṇḍ. 2.1.3 ²), "they", i.e. the sense-organs, are different entities called 'sense-organs', but not particular modes of the chief. Vedānta-kaustubha Apprehending the objection, viz. in conformity with the scrip- tural text: '"Come, let us all become a form of him." Of him alone, they became a form' (Bṛh. 1.5 21 ³), other sense-organs, like the eye and the rest, are different modes of the chief vital-breath. They are not separate entities and cannot, therefore, have a separate re- lation with the possessor of the vital-breath (viz. the individual soul), our purpose being served if they have a relation with the vital-breath alone,—the author replies here. "On account of the designation of those," i.e. of them "as different from the chief" vital-breath in the passage: 'From him arise the vital- breath, the mind and all the sense-organs' (Muṇḍ. 2.1.3), separate entities indeed are designated by the scriptural text: 'Those prāṇas 1 G.B. 2.4.16, p. 250, Chap. 2. 2 Ś. Bh., B. 3 Vide Bṛh. 1.5.21 for the story. When the different sense-organs were created by Prajāpati, death came and overcame them all, with the exception of the vital-breath. Thereupon, the sense-organs decided to assume the form of the vital-breath.