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[sū. 3. 3. 51. ADH. 21 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 691 The answer is: “On account of what follows (i e. the immediately following text ¹), the being of that kind of the word (is established), (there is) the mention (of grace in the passage), on the other hand, on account of preponderance (i.e. because the grace of the Lord is the most predominating factor in attaining salvation)”. That is, the Muṇḍaka-text does imply that devotion is the cause of a direct vision of the Lord, and the latter a cause of emancipation, for the grace or choice by the Lord is not arbitrary, but is determined by the devotion of men ² Adhikaraṇa 21: The section entitled “Exist- ence in the body”. (Sūtras 51-52) PRIMA FACIE VIEW (Sūtra 51) SŪTRA 51 “SOME (HOLD THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL IS TO BE MEDITATED ON IN ITS STATE OF BONDAGE), ON ACCOUNT OF THE EXISTENCE (OF SUCH A SOUL) IN THE BODY.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha At the time of meditation, the individual soul is to be meditated on in its state of bondage, on account of the existence of such a soul alone “in the body”—so “some” (think). Vedānta-kaustubha Immediately above, an investigation has been undertaken into the fires piled up by the mind and so on as forming subsidiary parts of a sacrifice consisting in meditation. Now, the question is being considered, viz. in what form is the individual soul too, entitled to its fruit, to be sought for at the time of meditation ? The doubt is as to whether at the time of meditation, the individual soul is to be conceived of simply in its state of bondage,—i.e. in the form of a knower, a doer, an enjoyer and the rest,—or in its state of 1 “Nāyamātmā vala-hīnena labhyah”, etc. 2 G.B. 3.3.54, pp. 214 ff., Chap. 3.