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[SŪ. 3. 2. 33. ADH. 7.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 563 as a bridge “on account of resemblance”, i.e simply because He is similar to the bridge, well-known in ordinary life. Just as in ordinary life a bridge adjusts water¹, so the Soul too is a bridge as adjusting the boundary of the world ², in accordance with complementary passage : “For keeping these worlds apart' (Chānd. 8 4.1). In the text: “Having crossed the bridge” (Chānd. 8.4 2), the word ‘crosses’ means ‘attains’, as in the statement: ‘He crosses the Vedānta’.³ Baladeva This is sūtra 33 in his commentary. He continues the topic of the bliss of Brahman. Hence the sūtra. “(If it be objected that human bliss cannot be different from the bliss of Brahman, because the same word ‘bliss’ is applied to both, just as an object designated by the word ‘jar’ cannot be different from another object designated by the same term ‘jar’—we reply: the word ‘bliss’ is applied to human bliss) on account of generic resemblance”. That is, just as the common term ‘jar’ is applied to all jars irrespective of their individual differences, so the common term ‘bliss’ is applied to human and divine bliss, irrespective of the difference between the two ⁴ CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued) SŪTRA 33 “(THE DESIGNATION OF MEASURE IS) FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNDERSTANDING, AS IN THE CASE OF FEET ” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The designations of measure are for promoting meditation. It is for this reason that Brahman is designated as having feet thus: “Let one meditate on the mind as Brahman,—thus with reference to the self” (Chānd. 3.18.1 ⁵), “That Brahman has four feet. Speech is one foot” (Chānd. 3.18 2 ⁶) and so on. ¹ I.e. separates one sheet of water from another, and marks the boundaries of contiguous fields. ² I.e. separates one world from another. ³ Which means that he has attained or mastered the Vedānta. ⁴ G.B. 3.2 33, p. 91, Chap. 3 ⁵ Not quoted by others. ⁶ R, ŚK.