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876 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 4. 4. 17. ADH. 6.] manifest. Finally, the following texts declare that the soul is omni- scient during its state of release: “Verily, with this celestial eye, the mind, he sees desires, and enjoys in this world of Brahman” (Chānd. 8.12.5), “Verily, the seer sees everything, attains everything every- where” (Chānd. 7.26.2). Hence it is perfectly reasonable to hold that the freed soul possesses the instruments, such as the body and the rest, created by the Lord; may have, according to will, a body or not or many bodies; and is omniscient. Here ends the section entitled “Absence” (5). COMPARISON Śaṁkara He interprets the word “sampatti” as ‘final release’. His view is that the lower knowers who meditate on the qualified Brahman do not attain kaivalya or absolute isolation as the soul gets during deep sleep and release, but only a particular condition when the knowledge of difference still persists.¹ Adhikaraṇa 6: The section entitled “Exclusive of the activities in connection with the Uni- verse”. (Sūtras 17—22). SŪTRA 17 “EXCLUSIVE OF THE ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNI- VERSE, ON ACCOUNT OF THE SUBJECT-MATTER, AND ON ACCOUNT OF NON-PROXIMITY.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The lordship of the freed soul consists in something other than the activities in connection with the creation and the rest of the ¹ Ś.B. 4.4.16, p. 976. 26B