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[SŪ. 3. 4. 9. ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 721 "The lord of matter and souls" (Śvet. 6.16), "The word which all the Vedas record" (Kaṭha 2.15), '"I ask that Person taught in the Upaniṣads"' (Bṛh. 3 9.26), '"I am the source of all, everything originates from me"' (Gītā 10.8), '"There is nothing else higher than me, O Dhanañjaya"' (Gītā 7 7), '"And by all the Vedas I alone am to be known"' (Gītā 15 15) and so on COMPARISON Baladeva He interprets the sūtra thus "But on account of the teaching (of vidyā as) more than (or superior to) (karma)—" ¹ CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued) SŪTRA 9 "BUT THE SCRIPTURAL DECLARATION IS EQUAL." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "The scriptural declaration,"—viz.: '"For what purpose shall we study, for what purpose shall we perform sacrifices"' ² and so on,—establishing that knowledge is not a subsidiary part of work, is of equal weight. Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz.: "On account of conduct being seen" (Br. Sū. 3.4.3), knowledge is a subsidiary part of work,—we reply: "The scriptural declaration" of the non-performance of works by knowers, establishing that knowledge is not a subsidiary part of action, is of equal weight, such as: "Knowing this, forsooth, the sages descended from Kavaṣa said: 'For what purpose shall we study, for what purpose shall we perform sacrifices?'", "Knowing this, 1 G.B. 3.4.8, pp. 240-241, Chap. 1. 2 Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B.