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566 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 2. 35. ADH. 7.] difference of the devotees to whom He manifests Himself), as in the case of light and so on”. That is, the Lord, though one, manifests Himself in different forms to His devotees, in accordance with the difference of their devotions,—those who worship Him; as the Master see Him as the Majestic, and those who worship Him as the Beloved, see Him as the Sweet,—just as the same light appears different when it falls on different parts of a temple and so on ¹ CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued) SŪTRA 35 “ON ACCOUNT OF APPROPRIATENESS.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha And “on account of the appropriateness” of the designation of a relation, since He Himself leads to His own attainment, there is no other reality, higher than Brahman Vedānta-kaustubha It has been alleged that on account of the designation of a rela- tion between the object to be attained and that which causes to attain, there is something ‘higher than this’. To this the author replies : The Supreme Person causes the attainment of His own self, the object to be attained, in accordance with the scriptural text: “This soul is not attainable by instruction, nor by intellect, nor by much learning. He is attainable only by one whom he chooses. To him the soul reveals his own person” (Katha 2.23; Muṇḍ. 3.2.3); and in accordance with the statement of the Highest Person: ‘“Fix your mind in me, be my devotee, sacrifice to me, bow down to me. You shall come to me alone. I promise you truth; you are dear to me” ’ (Gītā 18.65). “On account of the appropriateness,” thus, of the designation of the object to be attained and that which causes to attain,—to say that there is something ‘higher than this’ does not stand to reason. ¹ G.B. 3.2.35, p. 94, Chap 3