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508 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 2. 2. ADH. 1.] PRIMA FACIE VIEW (concluded) SŪTRA 2 “AND SOME (DESIGNATE) THE MAKER, AND SONS OF THE REST.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In the passage: “He who is awake in those that are asleep, the person making desire after desire” (Katha 5.8 ¹) “some” speak of a creator of the desires of the soul,² viz. sons and so on, in the state of dream. Vedānta-kaustubha Moreover, in the text: “He who is awake in those that are asleep, the person making desire after desire” (Katha 5.8), the followers of “some” branches speak of the individual soul as a creator, making objects of desire in the state of dream. The author states the objects of desire, referred to in the text, thus “sons and the rest”. By the word ‘desire’, objects that are desired, viz. sons of the rest, are denoted, and not a mere wish, in accordance with the introductory texts: ‘ “Ask for all objects of desire (kāma) just as you wish” ’ (Katha. 1.25), ‘ “Choose sons and grandsons living a hundred years” ’ (Katha. 1.23). The statement of Prajāpati ³ clearly establishes that the individual soul has true resolves and so on. Hence it is possible for the soul, endowed as it is with (the attributes) of true resolves and so on, to be the creator of chariots, etc.—this is the prima facie view. COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara Interpretation different. They too take this sūtra as laying down the prima facie view, but as pointed out above, the problem is a different one for them. Thus: “Some (depict the Lord as) the maker (of dream-objects); and sons and the rest”. That is, just as, the prima facie objector continues, the objects in the waking state are ¹ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B. ² Other editions, viz. the C.S.S. ed (p. 51) and the Brindaban ed (1905) (p. 326) read: “jīvaṃ kāmānām”, in which case the meaning would be, “some speak of the soul as the creator of desires”. This reading seems preferable. V.K. also follows it. ³ Vide Chānd. 8.7.1.