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[SŪ. 4. 4. 7. ADH. 3.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 865 since in the text : "Consisting of intelligence alone" (Bṛh. 4.5.13 ¹), it is said to have that (viz. intelligence) as its soul. Vedānta-kaustubha The individual soul, having approached "intelligence", i.e. Brahman who is of the form of intelligence, becomes manifest "as that alone", i e. in the form of intelligence alone. Why ? "On account of having that as the essence", i e. because the individual soul has intelligence for its essence, or is nothing but intelligence. The scriptural text : "Just as a lump of salt is without inside and out- side, a mass of taste only through and through, so, verily, O! this soul is without inside and outside, a mass of intelligence only through and through" (Bṛh. 4.5.13) shows, by using the word 'only', that the soul is nothing but intelligence and devoid of any other attribute. The text designating freedom from sins and so on, on the other hand, simply establishes that the soul is free from changes and so on,—"so Auḍulomi" thinks. COMPARISON Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha They read : "Citi-mātreṇa".² CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtra 7) SŪTRA 7 "EVEN SO, ON ACCOUNT OF REFERENCE, ON ACCOUNT OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE FORMER, NON-CONTRADICTION, BĀDARĀYAṆA." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Even if the real nature of the soul be established to be intelligence only, still owing to the manifestation of the real nature of the soul as possessed of freedom from sins and so on, there is "no contradiction' ¹ Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B. ² Bh. B. 4 4.6, p. 243, ŚK. B. 4 4.6, p. 485, Parts 10 and 11.