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[SŪ. 4. 4. 20. ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 881 and the rest. But here it is shown that the Highest Brahman, who is non-qualified, does not abide in sun and the rest, but only the qualified Brahman does.¹ SŪTRA 20 “AND THUS PERCEPTION AND INFERENCE SHOW.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Brahman alone is capable of the activities in connection with the creation and the rest of the entire universe The following scriptural Smṛti passages “show” the lordship of the freed soul to be exclusive of the activities in connection with the universe: “He is the cause, the lord of the lord of causes ²” (Śvet. 6 9 ³), “The controller of all, the ruler of all” (Bṛh. 4 4 22 ⁴), ‘“With me as the ruler, prakṛti brings forth the movable and the immovable”’ (Gītā 9.10 ⁵). Vedānta-kaustubha “Perception” means Scripture, “inference” Smṛti. These two, Scripture and Smṛti, “show” that Brahman alone, not subject to any change, is capable of the activities in connection with the universe. The scriptural texts are to the effect: “The lord of matter and souls, the controller of attributes” (Śvet. 6.16), “Supreme is His power, declared to be manifold” (Śvet. 6.8), ‘“The existent alone, my dear, was this in the beginning, one only, without a second”’ (Chānd. 6.2.1), “He is the Lord of all, he is the ruler of beings, he is the protector of beings, he is the bridge for keeping these worlds apart” (Bṛh. 4.4.22), ‘“Verily, at the command of the Imperishable, (Gārgī), the sun and the moon stand held apart”’ (Bṛh. 3.8.9), “Through fear the wind ¹ Ś.B. 4.4.19, p. 978; Bh. B. 4.4.19, p. 248. The difference between Śaṃ- kara and Bhāskara with regard to these two aspects of the Lord—non-qualified and qualified—is that while Śaṃkara takes the former alone to be true, the latter false, Bhāskara takes the former to be real and eternal, the latter, real and non-eternal. ² Correct reading. “Karnādhipādhipa”—the lord of the lord of sense-organs (or the individual soul). Vide Śvet. 6.9, p. 70 ³ Not quoted by others. ⁴ Op. cit. ⁵ R.