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[sū. 4. 4. 16. ADH. 5.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 875 SŪTRA 16 "(THE TEXT) REFERS EITHER TO MERGING INTO ONE'S OWN SELF OR TO ATTAINING, FOR (THIS IS) MANIFESTED." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The text : "Embraced by the intelligent self, he does not know anything that is outside, nor anything inside" (Bṛh. 4.3.21 ¹), how- ever, does not refer to the freed soul, but "refers either" to deep sleep or to death. In the texts. "Verily, now he does not know him- self as : 'I am he', nor indeed the things here" (Chānd. 8.11.1 ²), "Having arisen from these elements, he perishes into them alone" (Bṛh. 4.5.13 ³), "Verily, with this celestial eye, the mind, he sees these desires" (Chānd. 8.12.5), the soul's absence of knowledge during these two states (viz. deep sleep and death), as well as its omniscience during the state of release, are "manifested" or clearly declared by Scripture. Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz. It cannot be said that the individual soul can abide in many bodies even by means of its attribute of knowledge, since in the text : "Embraced by the intelligent self, he knows nothing that is outside nor anything inside" (Bṛh. 4.3.21), one who has attained the Highest Self is declared to be devoid of any knowledge of particular objects,—the author replies : This text "refers either to merging in one's own self or to attain- ing", i.e. either to deep sleep or to death. "For (this) is manifested", i.e. because the soul's absence of all knowledge of particular objects during deep sleep and death, as well as its omniscience during the state of release, are "manifested" or clearly declared by Scripture itself. The text : "Verily, now he does not know himself as : 'I am he', nor indeed the things here. He has gone to utter annihilation. I do not see any good in it" (Chānd. 8.11.1), declares that the soul has no knowledge of particular objects during deep sleep. And the text : "Having arisen from these elements, he perishes into them alone" (Bṛh. 4.5.13), declares that it has no knowledge of particular objects when dead. The word 'perishes' means that its knowledge ceases to be ¹ R, Śk, B. ² R, Śk, B. ³ Ś, Bh, Śk 26