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[sū. 3. 2. 37. ADH. 7 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 569 there is nothing superior to the Lord, so there is nothing equal to Him), on account of the denial of another (creator), (i e because Scripture denies that there is any other creator besides Him)".¹ Baladeva This is sūtra 37 in his commentary. He takes it as constituting an adhikaraṇa by itself, concerned with proving that the Lord is the highest, for unless the Lord be the Highest, there can be no love and devotion for Him. ―――― CORRECT CONCLUSION (end) SŪTRA 37 "HEREBY THE ALL-PERVASIVENESS (OF THE LORD IS CONFIRMED), ON ACCOUNT OF THE SCRIPTURAL TEXTS ABOUT EXPANSION AND SO ON." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "Hereby" the "all-pervasiveness" of the Supreme Brahman is confirmed, "on account of the scriptural texts" like: "By Him, the Person, all this is filled" (Śvet. 3.9 ²) and so on Vedānta-kaustubha "Hereby," i e. by the section designating the Lord as having no equal or a superior, the "all-pervasiveness" of Brahman is con- firmed. If there were an equal or a superior to the Lord, He would not have been all-pervasive. The author states the authority for this: "On account of the scriptural texts about expansion and so on" —the word 'expansion' here means all-pervasiveness—such as: "By Him, the Person, all this is filled" (Śvet. 3.9; Mahānār. 10.4), "And whatever is seen or heard in this world,—Nārāyaṇa abides by pervading all that, inside and outside" (Mahānār. 11.6 ³), "Eternal, omnipresent, all-pervasive, excessively subtle" (Muṇḍ. 1.1.6) and so on. The words "and so on" imply the scriptural texts that denote Brahman as the cause of all, as the soul of all, thereby confirming ―――― ¹ Śk B. 3.2 35, p. 266, Part 9. ² R. ³ A slightly different version is found in Tait. Ār. 10.11.1