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[sŪ. 3. 3 19. ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 609 statement of the effect, (i.e. the fruit, i e. because such meditations also lead to salvation)”.¹ Adhikaraṇa 6: The section ontitled “In the same”. (Sūtra 19) SŪTRA 19 “IN THE SAME (BRANCH) TOO, (IT IS) THUS, (I E. THERE IS IDENTITY OF VIDYĀS), ON ACCOUNT OF NON-DIFFERENCE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In a branch of the Vājasaneyins,² i e. in the ‘Mystery of fire’,³ viz. in the section which beginning: “Let one meditate on truth as Brahman” (Śat. Br. 10.6.3, 1 ⁴), continues: “Let one meditate on the self, consisting of mind” (Śat. Br. 10.6.3, 2 ⁵) and so on; as well as in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka text: “This person consists of mind” (Bṛh. 5.6.1 ⁶), the meditation taught by Śāṇḍilya is recorded And just as the vidyās, mentioned in different branches, are identical owing to the identity of the objects meditated on, so the Śāṇḍilya-vidyās, though mentioned in the same branch, are identical.⁷ The vidyās being the same, their special features are to be combined together. Vedānta-kaustubha Now (the author) points out the identity of the meditations mtuited by Śāṇḍilya. The meditation taught by Śāṇḍilya is recorded in the ‘Mystery of Fire’ in a branch of the Vājasaneyins thus: “Let one meditate on truth as Brahman. Now, verily, this person consists of thought. ¹ G.B. 3.3.19, pp. 143-144, Chap. 3. ² The followers of the white Yajur-veda. ³ The name of the tenth book of the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa. ⁴ P. 806, line 14. R, Bh. ⁵ Ś, R, Bh, Śk. ⁶ Op. cit. ⁷ Vide V.P.S. 3.3.2.