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[SŪ. 1. 1. 22. 70 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 7.] COMPARISON Śaṃkara This is sūtra 20 in his commentary. Reading and interpretation same, quotes the same passage. In conclusion, he adds that although the Supreme Lord is really arūpa or formless, yet He may assume various māyāmaya-rūpas for favouring His dovotees.¹ That is, all these passages, teaching the worship of the Person within the sun and so on, refer to the qualified Brahman only, and not to the highest Brahman, which of course Nimbārka does not admit. SŪTRA 22 "AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE DESIGNATION OF DIFFERENCE, (THE HIGHEST SELF IS) OTHER THAN (THE INDIVIDUAL SOULS OF THE SUN AND THE REST)." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The Highest Self is "other" than the group of individual souls of the sun and the rest.² Why? "On account of the designation of difference" in the text 'Abiding in the sun' (Bṛh. 3 7 9 ³) and so on. Vedānta-kaustubha For this reason too, the Highest Self, is "other" than, i.e. different by nature from, the individual souls of the sun and the rest within which He abides. Why? "On account of the designation of differ- ence" between the individual soul and Brahman, in the text: 'Who abiding within the sun, is other than the sun, whom the sun does not know, of whom the sun is the body, who rules the sun from within, he is your soul, the inner controller, immortal' (Bṛh. 3.7.9). Thus, ¹ Ś B. 1.1 20, p. 232; 'Syāt parameśvarasyāpīcchā-vaśān māyāmayam rūpam sādhakānugrahārtham'. ² C S S ed. slightly different—viz 'The Highest Self is other than the group of the individual souls of the sun and the rest, within which He abides' (p. 5). ³ Ś, R, Bh, B.