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[sū. 3 3. 43 676 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 20.] to impart knowledge to the devotee. Mere study of the Veda is not enough to ensure the attainment of Brahman, but the grace of the preceptor is necessary too 1 Adhikarana 20: The section entitled "The majority of indicatory marks". (Sūtras 43- 50) SŪTRA 43 "ON ACCOUNT OF THE MAJORITY OF INDICATORY MARKS, FOR THAT (VIZ INDICATORY MARK) IS STRONGER, THIS ALSO (HAS BEEN EXPLAINED)." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The fires, piled up by the mind, piled up by speech, piled up by the vital-breath, piled up by the eye, piled up by the ear, piled up by action, piled up by the fire, and so on,2 are simply the subsidiary parts of a sacrifice consisting in meditation 3, "on account of the majority of the indicatory marks", such as: "Whatever these conceive with their mind that alone is their composition" (Śat. Br. 10.5.3, 3 4), "All beings at all times pile up those (fires) for him who knows thus, even while he sleeps" (Śat. Br. 10.5.3, 12 5) and so on; "for" an indi- catory mark is "stronger" than the context. "This also" has been said in the section treating of what is supplementary to sacrifices· "If there be combination of direct association, indicatory mark, syntactical connection, context, place and name, then each succeeding one is weaker (than each preceding one), on account of its remoteness from the meaning" (Pū. Mī. Sū. 3.3.14 6). 1 G.B 3.3.44, p. 192, Chap. 3. 2 Vide Śat. Br. 10.5.3 (whole), pp. 796–798 3 I.e. these fires do not constitute parts of real sacrifices, and are not actually lighted during the performance of sacrifices, but are simply parts of meditation, i.e. mentally imagined fires. 4 P. 796, lines 7-8. This shows that the fires are composed by mind only, i.e. not actual fires. 5 P. 798, lines 14-15. Ś, Bh. 6 P. 284, vol. 1. Ś, R, Bh, Śk.