वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[sū. 3. 2. 18 536 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 5.] take the help of "the simile of the sun and water and so on" for establishing Brahman's faultlessness Vedānta-kaustubha Brahman, though abiding in many places, is not subject to even an odour of imperfections arising out of those places. "For that very reason", in Scripture the following "simile" is employed: Just as the sun and the rest, though reflected on water and the like, are not touched by their imperfections, so the Supreme Brahman too, though abiding in the sentient and the non-sentient, is not touched by their respective imperfections. The texts to that effect are as follows: "But just as the one ether becomes divided in the pots and the rest, so verily, the one soul abides within many, like the sun within water-receptacles" (Yāj Sm. 3.144), "For the soul of beings, which is one only, is installed in each separate being, and is seen as one-fold and many-fold, like the moon reflected on water" (Brahmab. 6 12 ¹). COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara The same simile of the sun and water is interpreted differently by them, viz. Just as the same sun appears to be many when reflected on many sheets of water, so the one Brahman appears to be many through being connected with Upādhis or limiting adjuncts.² How- ever, Śaṃkara and Bhāskara understand the term 'Upādhi' in two different senses, as already noted. Baladeva He begins a new adhikarana here (one sūtra), concerned with showing that the worshipper (i.e. the individual soul) is different from the object worshipped (viz. the Lord). Hence the sūtra: "And for that very reason, (i.e. because the individual soul is different from Brahman), the simile, like the sun and water and so on, (is appro- priate)". That is, in Scripture we meet with the similes of the sun reflected on water and so on, and such similes simply show that just

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¹ P. 338. ² Ś.B. 3.2.18, pp. 328-329; Bh. B. 3.2.19, p 167.