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868 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 4. 4. 9. ADH. 4.] come to attain the implements of enjoyment through will accom- panied by effort,—hence from effort accompanied by will alone,— We reply : There is the attainment of relatives and so on, “through mere will”. Why ? “On account of that being declared by Scrip- ture”, i.e. because in the text : “If he comes to desire the world of fathers, through mere wish his fathers rise up” (Chānd. 8 2.1), it is declared that the rising up of the fathers and so on is brought about through will without any reference to any effort, and because it is not declared that will is accompanied by an effort. The kings and the rest do not possess the power of fulfilling their desires at will, and hence in their case it is reasonable to suppose that they attain what is desired through will accompanied by effort. COMPARISON Śaṁkara He adds a “tu” after “saṁkalpād eva”.¹ He takes this and all the following sūtras as referring to the lower knower alone. ——— SŪTRA 9 “FOR THIS VERY REASON, WITHOUT ANOTHER RULER.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The freed soul, which has the Highest Brahman as its essence, comes to have the attributes of true desires and so on manifest,—and for this very reason, it becomes “without another ruler”, in accordance with the scriptural text : “He becomes a self-ruler” (Chānd. 7.25.2 ²). Vedānta-kaustubha As the freed soul's power of fulfilling its desires at will becomes manifest, so it becomes “without another ruler”, i.e. without any ruler except the Highest Brahman, the Whole, of which it is a part. That is, of one, who has Brahman for his essence, who has become ¹ Ś.B. 4.4 8, p. 971. ² R.