वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[SŪ. 3. 3. 34. 650 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 15.] sentient and the non-sentient, is preceded by the differentiation of Him from others by means of the group of attributes like bliss and the rest, characterized by non-grossness and so on,—on account of such a reflection on Him, i.e. meditation on Him with thought directed toward Him. (The attributes like) having all works and so on, though following the chief, are suitable in those place alone where they are mentioned, there being no special purpose for their inclusion every- where. Hence it is established that 'there is the comprehension of the conceptions of the Imperishable' (Br Sū 3.3.33). Here ends the section entitled "The conception of the Imperishable". COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara Bhāskara reads "īṣat". They take this sūtra as constituting an adhikaraṇa by itself, concerned with the question whether the two passages in the Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad (Śvet. 4 6) and in the Kaṭha- upaniṣad (Kaṭha. 3.1) refer to the same vidyā. The answer is that they are the same "on account of so much (viz. the number two) being recorded". That is, in both the passages the Lord and the individual soul are designated as the objects to be known. As such, both constitute the same vidyā.¹ Baladeva Interpretation same, only the interpretation of the word "āmananāt" different, viz. "On account of scriptural declaration ². ¹ Ś.B. 3.3.34, pp. 814; Bh. B. 3.3.34, p. 188. ² G.B. 3.3.35.