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[SŪ. 3. 2. 41. 574 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 8.] should perform sacrifices" (Tait. Saṃ. 2.5.5) and so on, never assert that Karma is the giver of fruits independently. On the contrary, these texts instigate men to Karmas such as, worship of the deity, that lead to heaven. But Bādarāyaṇa thinks that the giver of fruits like enjoyment and salvation is "the former", i.e the Highest Self, the soul of all, omniscient, mentioned above. Why? "On account of the designation of (Him as) the cause," i.e. because the Highest Self alone is designated as the cause, as the instigator of actions and as the giver of fruits by a mass of scriptural texts like "For he alone makes one, whom he wishes to lead up from these worlds, do good deed" (Kauṣ. 3.8), "In consequence of good work, it leads to a holy world" (Praśna 3.7), "He is attainable by one alone whom he chooses" (Kaṭha 2.23; Muṇḍ. 3.2.3) and so on, as well as by a group of Smṛti passages like: "'And he attains his desires from him, the benefits are decreed by me alone'" (Gītā 7.22) '"I give that connection with intellect whereby they come to me'" (Gītā 10.10) and so on. Hence it is established that the fruit arises from this. Here ends the section entitled "The fruit" (8). Here ends the second quarter of third chapter in the holy Vedānta- kaustubha, a commentary on the Śārīrakamīmāṃsā, by the reverend teacher Śrīnivāsa. Résumé The second quarter of the third chapter contains.— (1) 41 sūtras and 8 adhikaraṇas, according to Nimbārka; (2) 41 sūtras and 8 adhikaraṇas, according to Śaṃkara; (3) 40 sūtras and 8 adhikaraṇas, according to Rāmānuja; (4) 41 sūtras and 7 adhikaraṇas, according to Bhāskara; (5) 40 sūtras and 9 adhikaraṇas, according to Śrīkaṇṭha, (6) 42 sūtras and 19 adhikaraṇas, according to Baladeva. Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha take sūtras 20 and 21 in Nimbārka's commentary as one sūtra. Bhāskara omits sūtra 34 in Nimbārka's commentary, while sūtra 15 in Bhāskara's commentary is not found in Nimbārka's. Baladeva breaks sūtra 25 in Nimbārka's commentary into two separate sūtras.