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[SŪ. 3. 3. 47. ADH. 20.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 683 COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara They break the sūtra into two separate sūtras thus: "Vidyaiva .... nirdhāraṇāt" and "Darśanāc ca". Interpretation same. Baladeva Like Śaṃkara, he too breaks the sūtra into two separate sūtras. He begins a new adhikarana here (three sūtras) concerned with showing that vidyā or devotion based on knowledge alone is the means to salvation. Thus: Sūtra 48.—"But vidyā alone (is the means to salvation), on account of specification, (i e. because Scripture mentions it exclusively, neither karma nor a combination of vidyā and karma)."¹ Sūtra 49 —"And because (salvation results) from the direct vision (of the Lord)." That is, the direct vision of the Lord is attainable through vidyā alone. Hence vidyā alone is the cause of salvation.² CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued) SŪTRA 47 "AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE GREATER FORCE OF DIRECT SCRIPTURAL STATEMENT AND THE REST, (THERE IS) NO SETTING ASIDE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "On account of the greater force" of the direct scriptural state- ment", viz : "For they are piled up by the mind alone" (Śat. Br. 10.5.3, 12 ³); of the indicatory mark; "All beings at all times pile up (those fires) for him who knows thus, even while he sleeps" (Śat. Br. 10.5.3, 12 ⁴); and of the syntactical connection: "For through know- ledge alone these are piled up for one who knows thus" (Śat. Br. 10.5.3, 12 ⁵), there is "no setting aside" of the fact that these fires are subsidiary parts of a sacrifice consisting in meditation. ¹ G.B. 3.3.48, p. 202, Chap. 3. ² Op. cit., 3.3.49, p. 203. ³ P. 798, line 14. Ś, R, Bh, Śk. ⁴ P. 798, lines 14-15. Ś, R, Bh, Śk. ⁵ P. 798, line 15. Ś, R, Bh, Śk. 14