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[sū. 3. 2. 3. ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 509 created by the Lord, so are the dream-objects. Hence just as the former are real, so must be the latter.¹ Baladeva He does not regard this sūtra too as laying down a prima facie view, but the correct conclusion. Hence it means: "Some (depict the Lord alone) as the maker (of dream-objects), sons and the rest".² CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtra 3-6) SŪTRA 3 "BUT (THE DREAM-CREATION IS) MERE MĀYĀ, (THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL IS NOT THE CREATOR OF DREAM OBJECTS) ON ACCOUNT OF NOT HAVING (ITS OWN ATTRIBUTES) FULLY MANIFEST IN NATURE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha With regard to it, we reply: In the state of dream, the group of effects like chariots and the rest is made by the supreme Lord alone, possessed of true resolves and omniscient,—since such wonderful objects are not indeed made by the individual soul, its attributes of having true resolves and the rest being not "fully ³ manifest" during its state of bondage. Vedānta-kaustubha With regard to this, the author states the correct conclusion. The word "but" is meant for disposing of the above view. The dream-chariots and the like are "mere māyā", i.e. simply wonderful. Here the word "māyā" means wonderful things. Lord Vāsudeva, an adept in the art of creating and destroying all wonderful objects, creates—through His own powers which are inconceivable—groups of wonderful objects like chariots and the rest, in accordance with the respective deeds of souls in order that they may enjoy these objects. But it is not possible for the dreaming soul itself to be their creator in the absence of appropriate implements and the like,—because its ¹ Ś.B 3 2 2, pp. 706-7; Bh. B. 3.2.2, p. 161. ² G.B. 3.2.2, pp. 41-42, Chap. 3. ³ The C.S.S. ed. (p. 51) reads "sākalyena" instead of "kārtsnyena"