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[SŪ. 3. 3. 14. ADH. 4.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 601 Vedānta-kaustubha In that case, the teaching of the attributes of having joy for the head and the rest will have no meaning,—to this the author replies. The teaching, concerned with determining Brahman as a person, viz. “Of him, joy alone is the head” (Tait. 2.5) and so on, on the other hand, is “for the purpose of meditation”, i.e. for the sake of helping easy comprehension. That is, in the absence of any other purpose, this alone is the purpose of such a designation. COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara They begin a new adhikaraṇa here (two sūtras), concerned with an entirely different topic, viz. a discussion about a text in the Kaṭho- paniṣad Thus, in Kaṭha 3.10–3.11 it is said that sense-objects are higher than the sense-organs, the mind is higher than the sense-objects and so on and finally the Person is said to be the highest of all. The question is as to whether each of these, viz. sense-objects and so on, is high or only the Person. The answer is given in this sūtra thus: “(The Person alone is designated as the High) for the purpose of meditation, (and not others) on account of the absence of purpose”. That is, there is no necessity for designating the sense-objects, the sense-organs and the rest as high, while there is such a necessity for designating the Person as high, viz.—meditation.¹ Śrīkaṇṭha He also begins a new adhikaraṇa here (four sūtras), concerned with the question, viz. whether the self consisting of food and the rest (Tait. 2.2 ff.) too are to be meditated on constantly as the self consisting of bliss is. The answer is: “(They aro not to be meditated on constantly) on account of the absence of purpose (for such modi- tations)”. That is, the meditations on the self consisting of food and the rest have a purpose only so long as the self consisting of bliss is not reached. But when it is reached, they becomo meaningless. Hence, such meditations are not to be practised perpetually.² ¹ Ś.B. 3.3.14, pp. 773-774; Bh. B. 3.3.14, p. 180. ² ŚK. B. 3.3.14.