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[sū. 3. 3. 37. ADH. 16.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 659 saying "I am he". What the above passages aim at enjoining is the meditation on the unity of the soul. Hence just as other texts record the attributes of being the soul of all and so on for the purpose of meditation, so the above texts record a mutual transposition of the ideas of 'I' and 'He' for the same purpose.¹ Baladeva This is sūtra 38 in his commentary. Here he concludes the topic of the identity between the Lord and His city. Hence the sūtra: "For (texts like Brh. 1.4.15) specify (that an) interchange (is possible between the Lord and His city), like other (texts, e.g. Gopāla-pūrva-tāpanī, etc.)". That is, the City of Brahman is identical with Brahman Himself, hence an exchange is possible between them, and the former is equally adorable like the latter.² SŪTRA 37 "FOR HE ALONE (IS THE OBJECT OF MEDITATIONS IN ALL THE VERSIONS), THE TRUE AND THE REST (ARE INSERTED IN ALL THE VERSIONS)." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "He alone" who is denoted by the term 'true', and is mentioned in the texts: "That divinity thought" (Chānd. 6.3.2 ³), "Light (merges) in the highest divinity" (Chānd. 6.8.6 ⁴), is repeated in the versions, such as: '"Just as, my dear, the bees prepare the honey"' (Chānd. 6.9.1 ⁵) and so on. The very same (attributes of being) "the true and the rest", mentioned in the first version thus: '"Everything has that for its self, that is true"' (Chānd 6.8.7 ⁶), are inserted in all other versions. Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz. In the Sad-vidyā too, there being a repe- tition of question and answer, how is it ascertained that the object to be meditated on is the same?—(the author) says: ¹ Ś.B. 3.3.37, pp. 816-817; Bh. B. 3.3.36 (written as 3.3.37), p. 189. ² G.B. 3.3.38, p. 176, Chap. 3. "Paramātmaiva loko lokaḥ paramātmeti." ³ R, ŚK. ⁴ R. ⁵ R. ⁶ R, ŚK.