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[Sū. 3. 3. 35. ADH. 16.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 651 Adhikaraṇa 16: The section entitled "Being within". (Sūtras 35-37) SŪTRA 35 "IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT (THE FORMER REPLY WHICH DESCRIBES THE SELF AS) WITHIN (SPEAKS) OF ONE'S OWN SELF AS POSSESSED OF THE GROUP OF ELEMENTS, OTHERWISE (THERE IS) UNACCOUNT- ABLENESS OF DIFFERENCE, (WE REPLY:) NO, AS IN THE CASE OF ANOTHER TEACHING." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected In the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, to the question of Uṣasta, viz. " 'He who is Brahman manifest and not visible, he who is the soul within all, explain him to me' " (Bṛh. 3.4.1 ¹), the answer given was: ' "He who breathes in with the in-breath is your soul which is within all" ' (Bṛh. 3.4.1. ²). Here, the phrase: " 'He is your soul, which is within all", teaches something "within", i.e. teaches the individual soul as within the body and the rest, it alone being the cause of breathing in and breathing out. In the very same manner, to the question of Kahola, viz. ' "He who alone is Brahman, manifest and not invisible, he who is the soul within all, explain him to me" ' (Bṛh 2.5.1.³), the answer given was: ' "He who passes beyond hunger and thirst, beyond grief, delusion, old age, death" ' (Bṛh. 3.5.1⁴). Here, on the other hand, the text teaches the Highest Self,—as such the vidyās are different, otherwise the difference of the answers is unaccountable,— (We reply:) "No", since in both the cases, the questions and the answers refer to the Primary Being alone (viz. Brahman). Just as in the Sad-vidyā,⁵ it is found that with a view to demonstrating

¹ Ś, R, Śk. ² Ś, R, Bh, Śk. ³ R, Śk. ⁴ Ś, Bh, Śk. ⁵ Sad-vidyā or the doctrine of the Existent or the True, taught to Śveta- ketu by Āruṇi, vide Chānd. 6 (whole). The story begins. Śvetaketu became a student of sacred knowledge at the request of his father Āruṇi, and after having studied the Vedas for twelve years, returned home, conceited, thinking himself very learned. Thereupon his father asked him whether he had asked for the instruction whereby the unheard be- comes heard, the unthought thought, the unknown known. As Śvetaketu 12