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[sū. 3. 1. 24. ADH 6] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 501 makes a specific statement with regard to its emergence therefrom thus: “Hence, truly, it is difficult to escape” (Chānd. 5 10 6), the sense being that ‘thence’ or from the state of rice and the rest, the emergence is more difficult, i e cannot be effected in a short time. This implies that the soul emerges from the states of the ether and the rest in a short time. The elision of the second ‘ta’ in the word ‘durnisprapataram’ (=more difficult to escape) is Vedic. Our view is correct also because there is no purpose in the soul’s remaining in a state of similarity to the ether and the rest for a long time Hence it is established that the soul remains similar to the ether and the rest for a short while Here ends the section entitled “In a not very long time ” (5) Adhikarana 6: The section entitled “Occupied by others” (Sūtras 24–27) SŪTRA 24 “IN (RICE AND SO ON), OCCUPIED BY OTHERS, ON ACCOUNT OF STATEMENT, AS IN THE PREVIOUS CASES” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha There is a text. “They are born here as rice and barley, as herbs and trees, as sesamum and beans (Chānd 5 10.6¹) Here the statement that they are born as rice and the rest, already occupied by other souls, really means that they only come to be connected with rice and the like. Why ? Because only their connection with rice and the like—as with the ether and the rest—is stated. Vedānta-kaustubha If on attaining rice and the rest, the soul remains in them for a long time, then do rice and the rest become bodies of the soul, possessed of the remnants of its work?—The author is solving this problem. After the souls, possessed of the remnants of their works, have attained the earth, it is said: “They are born here as rice and barley, ¹ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B