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[sū. 3. 3. 42 ADH. 19 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 675 here. “That has been said” in the section treating of the divinities : “Diverse, forsooth, are the divinities owing to different conceptions”. Hence it is established that during the meditation on an attribute, the meditation on the small ether in that particular form, qualified by that particular attribute, is to be repeated Here ends the section entitled “Offering” (19). COMPARISON Śaṁkara and Bhāskara This is sūtra 42 in Śaṁkara’s commentary Śaṁkara and Bhās- kara too take it to be forming an adhikaraṇa by itself, though concerned with an entirely different topic. In the Bṛhadāraṇyaka (Bṛh. 1 5 21), the vital-breath is said to be the best among the organs of the body, and the air to be the best among the gods. Similarly, in the Chān- dogya (Chānd. 4.3.1), the air is said to be the general absorber of the gods, and (Chānd. 4.3.3) the vital-breath is said to be the general absorber of the organs of the body. Here the question is as to whether the air and the vital-breath are to be conceived as separate or not. The prima facie view is that they are not to be conceived as separate, since they do not differ in their true nature. But the real view is that although they are fundamentally one, yet they are to be meditated on separately, since the texts teach them separately. Hence the vidyās here are not the same, but there are two separate vidyās. The parallel instance cited from the Taittirīya-saṁhitā and the maxim are the same as those cited by Nimbārka. Thus the sūtra : “As in the case of offering (the air and the vital-breath are to be conceived separately), that has been said”.¹ Baladeva This is sūtra 44 in his commentary. He too takes it as an adhi- karaṇa by itself, but concerned with an entirely different topic, viz. the grace of the spiritual preceptor. Hence the sūtra: “Like the giving (of knowledge by the preceptor) alone that has been said”. That is, salvation depends upon the extent the preceptor is pleased ¹ Ś.B. 3.3.43, pp. 827–830; Bh. B. 3.3.42 (written as 3.3.43), p. 192.