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[SŪ 3. 2 41. ADH. 8.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 573 intermediary of the operation called ‘apūrva’ The operation called ‘apūrva’ is said to be a particular subsequent state of the sacrifice.¹ CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtra 41) SŪTRA 41 “BUT (THE GIVER OF FRUITS IS) THE FORMER (VIZ. THE LORD), BĀDARĀYAṆA (THINKS SO), ON ACCOUNT OF THE DESIGNATION OF (HIM AS) THE CAUSE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The word “but” is meant for disposing of the above view. The teacher of the Veda thinks that the giver of fruits is the Highest Self, mentioned before, “on account of the designation” of the Highest as the cause of it thus: “In consequence of good work, it leads to a holy world” (Praśna 3.7²), “He is attainable by one alone whom he chooses” (Kaṭha 2 23; Muṇḍ. 3.2.3³). Here ends the second quarter of the third chapter in the Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha, an interpretation of the Śārīraka- mīmāṁsā texts, by the reverend Nimbārka Vedānta-kaustubha The term “but” indicates the hollowness of Jaimini's view. Never in the past, present or future do Karmas like tilling and the rest bestow the fruit to the tiller independently, but the Supreme Lord alone does so Similarly, the Vedic works too (viz. sacrifices and the like), unacquainted with the nature of themselves and of others, and done by persons who are tormented by the wheel of the world and are dependent on another, are not able to bring about the fruit independently. Even texts like : “One desirous of heaven 1 According to Pūrva-mīmāṁsā, the results of sacrifices and so on are due neither to a Supreme Deity—which it does not recognize—, nor to the particular deities to whom the oblations are offered, but to an unseen potency generated by the very performance of the sacrifices and so on. This unseen potency is called ‘apūrva’. Vide Pū.Mī.Sū. 2 1.5. 2 B 3 Not quoted by others.