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[SŪ. 3. 3. 10. 594 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 3.] Adhikaraṇa 3: The section entitled “Non- difference of everything”. (Sūtra 10) SŪTRA 10 “ON ACCOUNT OF THE NON-DIFFERENCE OF EVERYTHING (I.E. EVERYWHERE, VIZ. CHĀNDOGYA AND BṚHADĀRAṆYAKA), THOSE (QUALITIES ARE TO BE INSERTED) ELSEWHERE (VIZ. IN THE KAUṢĪTAKI).” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In the Chāndogya as well as in the Vājasaneyaka, under the dialogue of the sense-organs, the vital-breath, endowed with the attributes of being the oldest and the best, is designated as the object to be worshipped, and also speech and the rest are designated as possessed of the attributes of being the richest and so on; and those attributes are ascribed to the vital-breath. In the dialogue of the sense-organs in the Kauṣītaki, on the other hand, the attributes of speech and the rest are stated, but are not ascribed to the vital- breath. With regard to it, we reply: “Elsewhere”, i.e. in the dialogue of the sense-organs in the Kauṣītaki as well, they are to be ascribed to the vital-breath, as in all the three dialogues speech and the rest are said to be under the control of the vital-breath,—which is the cause of the seniority and excellence of the latter Vedānta-kaustubha While in one place (viz. in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka) the word ‘udgītha’ refers to the whole, in another place (viz. in the Chāndogya) it refers to a part only and as such does not relate to the whole,—hence the two udgītha-meditations are different. Likewise since in some cases the vital-breath is designated as endowed with the attributes of being the richest and the like, in some cases, again, not so endowed, the medi- tations on the vital-breath too are different,—the author is refuting this view now by the maxim of the combination of special features.¹ In the dialogue of the sense-organs, the Chāndogas as well as the Vājasaneyins demonstrate the vital-breath, endowed with the attri- butes of being the oldest and the best, as the object to be worshipped thus: “He who, verily, knows the oldest and the best, becomes, for- ¹ Designated under Br. Sū. 3.3.5