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[SŪ. 4. 2. 6. 814 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 4.] Bhāskara Reading different, viz. ". . ataḥ śruteḥ". He interprets the word "śruteḥ" like Śaṃkara.¹ SŪTRA 6 "NOT IN ONE, FOR (SCRIPTURE AND SMṚTI) SHOW." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha But such a union is not possible with one element. Scripture and Smṛti "show" that one element is incapable of producing effects thus: '"Let me make each of them tripartite"' (Chānd. 6.1.3 ²). "These (elements), possessed of various powers but separate, were unable, hence, to produce beings without aggregation, (i.e.) without coming together entirely" (V.P. 1.2.48 ³). Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz. the text: "Composed of the earth" (Bṛh. 4.4.5) and so on is justified even if it be admitted that the soul is united with fire and the rest successively (and not simultaneously),— the author says: "As" the scriptural and Smṛti texts, viz. '"Having entered with this living soul, let me evolve name and form; let me make each of the three tripartite"' (Chānd. 6.3.2-3), "These (elements), possessed of various powers (but) separate, were unable to produce beings with- out aggregation, (i.e.) without coming together entirely. Having come together through mutual conjunction, dependent on one another, beginning with mahat and ending in viśeṣa they produced, forsooth, the egg" (V.P. 1.2.48-50 ⁴) "show" that a single element is in- capable of producing effects,—so "no" union of the vital-breath, joined with the soul, "with one", viz. with one of fire and the rest succes- sively, is possible. Hence in the text: "The vital-breath in fire" (Chānd. 6.8.6) the word 'fire' means 'fire connected with other ele- ¹ Bh. B. 4.2.5, p. 228. ² R, B. ³ P. 19. ⁴ Excluding the 2nd line of verse 49 and 1st line of verse 50.