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[sū. 3. 3. 25. ADH. 10.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 621 pūrva-tāpanī), (so they are) not declared (to be belonging) to others (viz. the God-possessed souls)".¹ Adhikaraṇa 10: The section entitled "Piercing and so on". (Sūtra 25) SŪTRA 25 "ON ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE OF THE MATTER OF PIERCING AND SO ON." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In meditation there is no insertion of the sacred formulæ like: "Pierce all, pierce the heart" ², as well as of the sacrificial acts like Pravargya ³ and the rest, mentioned in the passage. "The gods, forsooth, held a sacrificial session" (Śat. Br. 14.1.1, 1 ⁴) and so on. Why? "On account of the difference of the matter of piercing and so on" from meditation. Vedānta-kaustubha Now, the following question is being considered: Just as the meditation on the person is a subsidiary part of the meditation on Brahman, it being mentioned in close proximity,—so are the sacred formulæ and the sacrificial acts, to be stated below, to be inserted in the meditation on Brahman as its subsidiary parts, they, too, being mentioned in close proximity, or not? In the beginning of their Upaniṣads, the followers of the Atharva- veda record sacred formulæ like: "Pierce all, pierce the heart, cleave the veins, cleave the head, divide into three parts" and so on. That is, O Deity! 'pierce', i.e. tear off, 'all' the limbs of my enemy. Thus, (1) 'pierce his heart', (2) 'cleave his veins', (3) 'cleave his head'. In this way, may my enemy be 'divided', i.e. disjoined, 'into three parts'. ¹ G.B. 3.3.25, pp. 149-150, Chap. 3. ² Ś, R, Bh, Śk. ³ Pravargya is a ceremony introductory to the Soma-sacrifice. ⁴ Ś, R, p. 1021, line 1.