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[SŪ. 3. 3. 6. 584 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 2.] Baladeva This is sūtra 6 in his commentary. He begins a new adhikaraṇa here (two sūtras) concerned with the problem of the coalescence of the attributes of the Lord. Brahman is described variously in various texts. In one place, He is described as Kṛṣṇa, in another as Rāma, in another as Nṛsiṁha and so on. Hence the problem is whether all of these different attributes of the Lord,—His sweetness, heroism, terribleness, and so on—are to be combined when meditating on Him, or not. The prima facie view is that they being contradictory attributes are not to be combined. Hence the reply: “And if (the meditation) be the same, the combination (of attributes) (is permissible), on account of the non-difference of the object (viz. Brahman), as in the case of what is complementary to injunction”. That is, in the case of the common meditation on pure Brahman, the object of meditation being the same, all the attributes are to be combined, just as Agni-hotra being the same, all its details are to be combined ¹ Adhikaraṇa 2: The section entitled “Differ- ence”. (Sūtras 6–9) PRIMA FACIE VIEW (Sūtra 6) SŪTRA 6 “IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT (THERE IS) DIFFERENCE (BETWEEN THE TWO UDGĪTHA-VIDYĀS) ON ACCOUNT OF SCRIPTURAL TEXT, (WE REPLY.) NO, ON ACCOUNT OF NON-DIFFERENCE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha It is stated in the Vājasaneyaka: “Then, verily, they said to this breath in the mouth: ‘Sing the udgītha for us’. ‘So be it’—that breath sang the udgītha for them” (Bṛh. 1.3.7 ²). And it is stated in the Chāndogya too: “Then, verily, he who is this chief vital-breath him they worshipped as the udgītha” (Chānd. 1.2.7 ³). On the doubt, viz. whether the vidyās are the same here, or different, the prima facie view is that the vidyās are the same. If it be objected that ¹ G.B. 3.3.6, pp 119-120, Chap. 3. ² Ś, R, Bh, ŚK. ³ Op. cit.