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[sū. 3. 1. 23. 500 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 5.] COMPARISON Śaṃkara He reads “sābhāvya . . .” instead of “svābhāvya . .” ¹. ―――――――――― Adhikaraṇa 5: The section entitled “In a not very long time” (Sūtra 23) SŪTRA 23 “IN A NOT VERY LONG TIME, ON ACCOUNT OF SPECIFICATION” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The soul remains similar to the objects beginning with the ether and ending with rain only for a short time, and then having entered the earth, it attains the state of rice and the rest, in accordance with the specific statement, viz. “Thence, truly, it is difficult to escape” (Chānd. 5.10.6 ²). This text implying that it is more difficult for the soul to emerge out of its states of rice and the rest makes it clear that it remains in the previous state only for a short time. Vedānta-kaustubha Now the duration of the soul's state of similarity to the ether and the rest is being considered. The doubt is as to whether on attaining the ether, the air, smoke, cloud and rain, the soul, possessed of the remnants of its works, remains similar to them for a long time, or for a short time. On the suggestion: There is no evidence that it remains similar to them for a short time only; so we may reasonably conclude that the soul remains similar to them for a long time,— We reply: “In a not very long time”. That is, the soul, possessed of the remnants of its works, remains similar to the ether and the rest only for a short time, and then after becoming similar to rain, it enters the earth. Why? “On account of specification,” i.e. because after entering the earth, the soul becomes rice and so on, and the text ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ¹ Ś, B, 3.1.22, p. 698. ² Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B