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THIRD CHAPTER (Adhyāya) THIRD QUARTER (Pāda) Adhikaraṇa 1: The section entitled "The un- derstanding from all the Vedāntas". (Sūtras 1-5) SŪTRA 1 "THE UNDERSTANDING (I E. WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD) FROM ALL THE VEDĀNTAS (IS ONE), ON ACCOUNT OF THE NON-DIFFERENCE OF INJUNCTION AND THE REST" Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Although mentioned in many places, meditation is one only, "On account of the non-difference of injunction and the rest". Vedānta-kaustubha Thus, with a view to instigating one who desires salvation to the meditation on the Highest Self which is a means to attaining His nature, the attributes of the Highest Self have been stated. Now, although knowledge is a means to attaining the nature of the Highest Self, yet just as sacred texts, spiritual teachers and the like, though well-known, come to be productive of fruits only when meditated on, so the Highest Self, though well-known, comes to be productive of fruits only when meditated on Now, we shall discuss the nature of vidyās or meditations on such a Supreme Brahman, as well as the problem whether these different vidyās ¹ are really identical or not, for ascertaining the combination or options of the details in them. The Udgītha-vidyā,² the Śāṇḍilya-vidyā,³ the Puruṣa-vidyā,⁴ the Dahara-vidyā,⁵ the Vaiśvānara-vidyā ⁶ and the rest are mentioned ¹ The vidyās are the various meditations mentioned in the various Upaniṣads and so on. ² Bṛh. 1.3 and Chānd 1.2. Vide Br Sū. 3.3.6. ³ Bṛh. 5.6; Śat Br. 10.6.3; and Chānd. 3.14. Vide Br. Sū. 3.3.19. ⁴ Chānd. 3 16–3.17 and Ait. Ār. 10.64. Vide Br. Sū. 3 3.24. ⁵ Bṛh. 2.1 17 and Chānd. 8.1–8.6. Vide Br. Sū. 3.3.38. ⁶ Bṛh 5.9 and Chānd. 5.11–5.18. Vide Br. Sū. 3.3.55.