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[SŪ. 3. 3. 9. ADH 2.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 593 that the term udgītha expresses a specialization of the Om is) appro- priate”.¹ Śrīkaṇṭha He too takes this sūtra as forming an adhikaraṇa by itself. Interpretation different, viz. In the text. “Let one meditate on the syllable Om, the udgītha” (Chānd. 1.1.1), the Om and the udgītha are mentioned separately. The problem is whether they are to be meditated on separately or co-ordinately. The prima facie view is that they are to be meditated on separately, since they are mentioned separately. But the correct conclusion is that the udgītha qualifies the praṇava and as such the praṇava is the object to be meditated on here. Hence the sūtra: “And on account of the universality (of the praṇava as the object to be meditated on), (the view that the praṇava is qualified by the udgītha is) appropriate”. That is, just as the praṇava is designated as the object to be meditated on in the introductory passage, so in the subsequent passages too Hence here the object to be meditated is the praṇava as qualified by the udgītha, and not the praṇava and the udgītha.² Baladeva This is sūtra 10 in his commentary. He takes this sūtra as forming an adhikaraṇa by itself, concerned with the question whether the attributes of infancy and the like too are to be included in the medi- tations on Him. Hence the sūtra: “And on account of all-pervasive- ness, (this is) consistent”. That is, the Lord is all-pervading in spite of His states of infancy and the like, since He is not limited by those attributes of infancy and so on. Hence the meditation on the Lord as possessed of these attributes is perfectly consistent.³ ¹ Ś.B. 3.3.9, pp. 766 ff.; Bh. B. 3.3.9, pp. 177-178. ² Śk. B. 3.3.9, pp. 296–298, Part 9. ³ G.B. 3 3.10, pp. 127-128, Chap. 3.