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[SŪ. 3. 2. 24 546 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 6.] knowledge of Brahman, perceives, meditating, him who is without parts" (Muṇḍ. 3.1.8 ¹), '"But through exclusive devotion, I may be known thus, O Arjuna, and perceived in truth, and entered, O conqueror of enemies!"' (Gītā 11.54 ²). Vedānta-kaustubha Apprehending the objection, viz. This view, surely, is inconsistent with texts like: '"O, the self is to be seen"' (Bṛh. 2.4.5; 4.5.6) and so on, the author points out that if an earnest effort be made by virtuous men who follow Scripture and are desirous of a direct vision of Him, then He becomes manifest to them. The word "and" implies possibility. Brahman becomes manifest "in perfect meditation", i. e. in loving devotion or meditation. And this is known "from perception and inference", i.e. from Scripture and Smṛti. Compare scriptural texts like: "He is attainable only by him whom he chooses To him he reveals his own person" (Kaṭha. 2.23; Muṇḍ. 3.2.3), "He, with his nature purified through the clarification of the knowledge of Brahman, perceives, meditating, him who is without parts" (Muṇḍ. 3.1.8); and Smṛti texts like: '"But through exclusive devotion, I may be known thus, O Arjuna, and perceived in truth, and entered, O conqueror of enemies!"' (Gītā 11.54). "He whom the Yogins ³, — sleepless, with subdued breath, with contented minds, with restrained sense-organs, — see as light, obeisance to Him, whose self is Yoga" (Mahā. 12.1642 ⁴), "The Yogins see him, the lord, the eternal" and so on. COMPARISON Śaṁkara Reading slightly different, viz. he adds a "ca" after "api".⁵ ¹ Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B. ² R, B. ³ A Yuñjāna is a Brahmin, one who by religious exercise called Yoga endeavours to obtain union with the Lord. ⁴ P. 423, lines 18-19, vol. 3, Asiatic Society ed. This edition and the Vaṅgavāsī ed. (p. 1420, col. 2, line 5) read "samttvasthāḥ" and "sattvasthāḥ" respectively in place of "saṁtuṣṭāḥ". ⁵ Ś.B. 3.2.24, p. 741.