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[SŪ. 4. 4. 8. ADH. 4.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 867 COMPARISON Śaṁkara He takes Jaimini to be representing the phenomenal point of view, Auḍulomi the transcendental point of view, and Bādarāyaṇa as reconciling these two points of view.¹ ―――――― Adhikaraṇa 4: The section entitled “Will”. (Sūtras 8-9) SŪTRA 8 “THROUGH MERE WILL, THAT BEING DECLARED BY SCRIPTURE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The freed soul attains its fathers and so on “through mere will”. Why? On account of the scriptural text designating that: “If he comes to desire the world of fathers, through mere wish, his fathers rise up” (Chānd. 8.2.1 ²). Vedānta-kaustubha It has been said that having attained the form of the highest light, the individual soul becomes manifest in its real nature as a mass of intelligence and possessed of the attributes, beginning with freedom from sins and ending with true desires.³ Hence the freed soul has the power of fulfilling all its desires. But if the freed soul be devoid of consciousness, it cannot have such a power. With this in mind, the author is now showing the freed soul’s power of will. Referring to the freed soul, it is declared in the Chāndogya: “He roams about there, laughing, playing, enjoying with women, or with carriages, or with relatives” (Chānd. 8.12.3). Here the doubt is, viz. whether the freed soul’s meeting its relatives and so on arises from its will accompanied by effort, or from mere will. If it be sug- gested: In ordinary experience it is found that kings and the rest ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ¹ Ś.B. 4.4.7, p. 971. ² Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B. ³ Vide Chānd. 8.7.1, 3.