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612 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 3. 20 ADH 7.] Adhikaraṇa 7: The section entitled "The con- nection". (Sūtras 20–22) PRIMA FACIE VIEW (Sūtra 20) SŪTRA 20 "ON ACCOUNT OF CONNECTION, SO ELSEWHERE ALSO" Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Just as the Śāṇḍilya-vidyās are identical, and through connection with them, there is the combination of special features, "so" on account of their connection with the same vidyā through the introductory passage: "Truth is Brahman" (Bṛh 5.4.1 ¹), the two names, mentioned in the scriptural texts: "His secret name is 'Day'—this in reference to the presiding deities" (Brh. 5.5 3 ²), "His secret name is 'I'—this in reference to the self" (Bṛh. 5 5 4 ³), are to be combined,—this is the prima facie view. Vedānta-kaustubha Now, having suggested a prima facie view, viz Just as owing to the identity of the objects to be meditated on, there is combination of attributes in the Śāṇḍilya-vidyā, so there is combination of the names in the meditation on the true Brahman also, having the mystic words⁴ for His body,—(the author) disposes of it in two aphorisms. In the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, we read, beginning: "Truth is Brahman" (Bṛh. 5.4.1), and continuing: "Now the real is the yonder sun. The Person who is there in that orb and the Person who is here in the right eye" (Bṛh. 5 5.2) and so on. Here, having declared that the true Brahman is the object to be meditated on—in the orb of the sun as well as in the right eye—as having the mystic words as His body in the passage: "Bhūr is his head, Bhuvar is his arms, Svar is his feet" (Bṛh. 5.5.3), the text teaches two secret names as complementary to the meditation. Here, the true Brahman, the support of the sun and the support of the eye, is successively stated to have the name 'Day' and the name 'I', thus: "His secret name is 'Day'—this in reference to the presiding deities" (Bṛh. 5.5.3), "His secret name is 'I'—this in reference to the self" (Bṛh. 5.5.4).

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¹ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK. ² Ś, R, Bh, ŚK. ³ Op. cit. ⁴ Viz. Bhūr, Bhuvar and Svar