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[SŪ. 1. 1. 25. 74 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 10.] breath, since popularly the term 'vital-breath' is well-known to be a modification of the air, and since in the text: 'When, verily, a person sleeps, his speech goes to the vital-breath, his eye to the vital-breath, his ear to the vital-breath. When he wakes up, from the vital-breath alone they arise again' (Śat Br. 10 3.3.6 ¹), the entrance into a modification of the air and so on are mentioned, the chief vital-breath alone, which is a modification of the air and has five modes, is under- stood here by the term 'vital-breath',— We reply. "For this very reason", i.e. on account of the very characteristic marks of the Supreme Lord, viz. the entering into and coming out (of Him) of all the great elements, it is reasonable to hold that the object denoted by the term "vital-breath" is the Supreme Lord, the Highest Person alone. The characteristic marks of the Supreme Lord, viz. the entering into and the rising from Him of all the great elements, as mentioned in the text: 'All the elements enter into, i.e. merge into, and arise from, i.e. come out towards, Him', are not possible in the case of a modification of the air. In the text: 'When, verily, a person sleeps' (Śat. Br. 10.3.3.6), there is no mention of the entering and so on of the great elements, but simply of the entering and the rest of the sense-organs. Hence, on account of the marks of the Supreme Lord, as well as on the ground of the etymological interpretation (of the term 'vital-breath' or prāṇa), viz. 'In whom the entire world breathes excellently, i.e. finds a basis', it is established that the Highest Self alone is denoted by the term 'vital-breath'. Here ends the section entitled "The vital-breath" (9) Adhikarana 10: The section entitled 'The light' (Sūtras 25-28) SŪTRA 25 "(BRAHMAN IS DENOTED BY THE WORD) LIGHT, ON ACCOUNT OF THE MENTION OF FEET." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "The light", mentioned in the passage: 'The light (higher) than the heaven' (Chānd. 3.13.7 ²) is Brahman alone, "on account of the 1 P. 778, lines 9-11. Cf. a similar passage in Chānd. 4.3.3 2 Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B.