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[SŪ. 1. 1. 4. ADH. 4.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 35 Nārāyaṇa arises Rudra’ (Nār. 1), ‘There was verily, Nārāyaṇa alone, neither Brahmā nor Īśāna (Mahā. Up. 1.2), ‘Brahman, verily, was this in the beginning, one only’ (Bṛh. 1.4.10.11). ‘Brahman, verily, was this in the beginning; he knew that self alone thus: “I am Brahman”’, ‘From Him arose all this’, ‘The self, verily, was this in the beginning, one only’ (Ait. 1.1.1), ‘From this self, verily, the ether originated’ (Tait. 2 1), ‘The word which all the Vedas record’ (Kaṭha 2.15), ‘That, in regard to which all the Vedas are unanimous’ (Tait. Ār. 3.11.1 ¹), ‘Entered within, the ruler of man’ (Tait. Ār. 3.11.1.2 ²), ‘To whom all the gods bow down’, ‘Brahman is truth, knowledge and infinite’ (Tait. 2 1), ‘Knowing the bliss of Brahman’ (Tait. 2 9), ‘Brahman is knowledge and bliss’ (Bṛh. 3 9 28), ‘All this, verily, is Brahman’ (Chānd. 3.14.1), ‘The self that is free from sins, without decay, without death, without grief, without hunger, without thirst’ (Chānd. 8.7 1.3), ‘Who is omniscient, all-knowing’ (Muṇḍ. 1.1.9; 2.2.7), ‘The knower of Brahman attains the highest’ (Tait. 2.1), ‘Brahman, verily, is all this’ (Bṛh. 2.5.1–14, 14 times) and so on. (Prima facie view.) An objection may be raised here:—The entire Veda is but a collec- tion of five kinds of texts, called, injunction, prohibition, explanation or eulogy, sacred formulæ and name.³ Of these, ‘One, who desires heaven should perform the Jyotiṣṭoma ⁴ sacrifice’ and so on, are injunctive texts. ‘A Brāhmaṇa should not be killed’ and so on, are prohibitive texts. ‘The wind, verily, is the quickest deity’ (Tait. Saṁ. 2.1.1 ⁵), and so on are explanations or eulogisms. ‘Oblation to you’ (Tait. Saṁ. 1.1.1 ⁶), ‘O, heavens, having the fire as your head’ (Ṛg. V. 8.44.16a; ⁷ Śat. Br. 2.3.4.11a ⁸), and so on are sacred formulæ. ‘Jyotiṣṭoma’,⁹ ‘Aśva-medha’ ¹⁰ and the rest are names,—thus we distinguish them. Thus, in the beginning, in the aphorism: ‘Then, ¹ P. 19. Reading: ‘Yatrārkaḥ’. ² P. 181. ³ Vidhi, niṣedha, artha-vāda, mantra, nāmadheya. ⁴ Name of a Soma-sacrifice, consisting divisions, Agniṣṭoma and the rest. M.W., p. 427. ⁵ P. 125, lines 1-2, vol 1. ⁶ P. 1, line 1, vol. 1. ⁷ P. 132, line 7. ⁸ P. 163, line 16. ⁹ See footnote 4, above. ¹⁰ The horse-sacrifice.