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[sū. 4. 1. 12. ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 793 the eye; full of caves and free from wind,—let one apply one's self (to meditation)" (Śvet 2.10),—this text of the Śvetāśvataras also speaks of a place favourable to the concentration of the mind, but not of any special place and so on, as evident from the concluding phrase: 'favourable to the mind'. Hence, it is established that meditation is to be carried on in a sitting posture. Here ends the section entitled "Sitting" (5). Adhikaraṇa 6: The section entitled "Until death". (Sūtra 12) SŪTRA 12 "UNTIL DEATH, FOR THERE ALSO (IT) IS SEEN." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Meditation is to be carried on "until death", since "there also" that "is seen" in the text: "Verily, having stayed thus as long as he lives" (Chānd. 8.15.1 ¹) and so on. Vedānta-kaustubha It has been stated above that the means are to be practised repeatedly. Now, the duration of meditation is being considered. On the doubt, viz. whether meditation, denoted by the terms 'contemplation', 'knowing' and so on, is to be finished within a short time, or is to be continued till the fall of the body,—if it be suggested that it is to be finished within a short time, that much being sufficient to satisfy the demands of the scriptural texts which teach repetition more than one,— We reply: "Until death". Meditation is to be continued unin- terruptedly until death. The word "for" states the reason for this: That there is the continuance of the thought of the object to be medi- tated on "there also", i.e. during that period (viz. from the beginning till death), "is seen", i.e. declared by the scriptural text: "Now, verily, 1 R ŚK.