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[sū. 1. 1. 21 ADH. 7 ] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 67 garbha’s) connection with that (viz. the Supreme Lord) ’.¹ While according to Nimbārka, sūtras 13–20 form one section, concerned with the question of the ‘ānanda-maya’, according to Śrīkaṇṭha, Sūtras 13–16 form one section, while sūtras 17–20 form another different section, concerned with the question, as noted above, whether Hiraṇya- garbha is the creator of the world, or the Supreme Lord (viz. Śiva). Baladeva This is sūtra 19 in his commentary. Reading same, interpretation of the word ‘tad-yogam’ different, viz. ‘union with fearlessness’. Quotes the passage quoted by Śrīnivāsa.² Adhikaraṇa 7: The section entitled ‘That which is within’. (Sūtras 21-22) SŪTRA 21 “THAT WHICH IS WITHIN (THE SUN AND THE EYE) (IS NONE BUT THE HIGHEST SELF), ON ACCOUNT OF THE TEACHING OF HIS QUALITIES.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha He who abides “within” the sun and the eye and is to be wor- shipped by one desiring salvation, is, truly, the Highest Self alone, and not a particular individual soul. Why? “On account of the teaching of the qualities belonging to Him” alone, viz. qualities like ‘freedom from sins’, ‘being the soul of all’ and so on. Vedānta-kaustubha In this manner, it has been shown in a general manner in the two sections that the stated texts all refer to Brahman, who is different from pradhāna as well as from the individual soul and is the cause of the origin and the rest of the world. Now, after having mentioned the peculiar qualities of the Lord, such as, possess- ing an eternally present, non-celestial body and so on, and then by showing the concordance of those texts (with regard to the Lord), the author denotes, up to the end of the section, the difference ¹ SK B. 1.1.20, pp 240-241, Part 3 ² G.B 1.1.19, pp. 76–77, Chap. 1.