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56 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [sū. 1. 1. 14. ADH. 6.] the word 'jyoti' stands for the word 'jyotiṣṭoma', so here the word 'bliss' stands for the words 'consisting of bliss'. To your allegation that as an embodied soul is mentioned in Scripture, the Highest Self is not that which consists of bliss,—(we reply:) the designation of the embodiedness of the Supreme Self fits in, since He abides within all, viz. that which consists of food and the rest, as their controller. On the other hand, the text about that which consists of bliss, viz. 'Of him is this very embodied soul which belongs to the previous one' (Tait. 2. 5), shows that it (viz. that which consists of bliss) has no other (inner) soul.¹ The expression 'Let them be purified' (in the above Mahānārāyaṇa passage) means 'Let them be embellished' SŪTRA 14 "IF IT BE SAID THAT ON ACCOUNT OF THE WORD ('ĀNANDA-MAYA') DENOTING MODIFICATION, (THE HIGHEST SELF IS) NOT (DENOTED BY THIS WORD), (WE REPLY:) NO, ON ACCOUNT OF ABUNDANCE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be said that on account of the mention of (the suffix) 'mayat' in the sense of 'modification', the Highest Self is not that which consists of bliss,—(we reply:) no Why ² On account of the mention in Smṛti of (the suffix) 'mayaṭ' as having the sense of 'abundance' as well. Vedānta-kaustubha If it be objected: That which consists of bliss cannot be the Highest Self. Why ? "On account of the word denoting modifica- tion", i.e. on account of the mention of the suffix 'mayaṭ' as having the sense of 'modification',—beginning: 'Mayaṭ is used optionally in the classical language after any base (to indicate "product" and 1 That is, the soul consisting of food has the soul consisting of the vital breath as its inner soul; this latter again has the soul consisting of mind as its inner soul; this latter again has the soul consisting of understanding as its inner soul, and this latter again has the soul consisting of bliss as its inner soul But the last one, viz. the soul consisting of bliss, has nothing else as its soul, but is the inmost soul of all,