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[SŪ. 2. 2. 33. 370 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 6.] The non-soul is the group of objects to be enjoyed by the souls. It is divided into merit, demerit, matter, time and space.¹ Thus, merit is a special kind of substance, inferrible from proper actions. Demerit is the cause of the existence of the non-freed Matter is a substance possessed of colour, smell, taste and touch. It is of two kinds, viz. atoms, and their aggregates. The atoms are the causes of the earth and the rest; and they are not of four kinds, as held by the logicians, but are identical in nature. The distinctions of the earth and the rest are due to the modifications of these atoms. The four-fold elements beginning with the earth, as well as the body, the worlds and so on, are their aggregates Time, on the other hand, is a special kind of substance which is the cause of the conventional distinctions of long, quick and fast and so on, and is atomic in form Space is the absence of covering. It is of two kinds, viz. worldly- space which is mundane, and non-worldly-space,² which is the abode of the freed souls. Influx means the activity of the sense-organs which causes a person to know ³ sense-objects. Or else, influx means karma which complies to,⁴ i.e. follows after, pervading the agent (i.e. pertains to him). Stoppage means that which stops ⁵ the activities of the sense- organs, i.e. the stoppage of the sense-organs, consisting in a deep meditation. Freedom from decay means that which destroys ⁶ the prior- accumulated sins, i.e. austerities known from the teaching of the Arhatas, consisting in not bathing, not speaking, squatting on the thighs with the lower legs crossed over each other,⁷ eating what is spit out from the mouth, mounting on heated stone, plucking out the hairs on the head and so on. Bondage means karma, and is of eight kinds. Among these, there are four destructive-karmas,⁸---viz. relating to the obscuration of knowledge, relating to the mental blindness of perception, relating to delusion, and relating to what hinders ⁹---which obstruct the attributes of the souls, viz. knowledge, perception, happiness and strength. ¹ Dharma, adharma, pudgala, kāla and ākāśa. ² Lokākāśa and alokākāśa. ³ Āsrāvayati iti āsrava. ⁴ Āsravati iti āsrava. ⁵ Saṁvṛṇoti iti saṁvara. ⁶ Nirjarayati iti Nirjara. ⁷ Vīrāsana. ⁸ Ghāti-karma. ⁹ Jñānāvaraṇīya, darśanāvaraṇīya, mohanīya and antarīya.

[SŪ. 2. 2. 33. ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 371 And, there are four non-destructive karmas,¹—viz. relating to the knowable, relating to the name, relating to family descent and relating to life,²—which are the causes of the body, its sense of egoity, regard and disregard for the happiness and the rest due thereto On the cessation of bondage, there is salvation, or the manifestation of the natural and real nature of the soul through the grace of the ever- perfect Arhatas. They have also a set of different categories, consisting in five ontological categories,³ viz. the category of the soul, the category of matter, the category of merit, the category of demerit and the category of space ⁴ The term ontological category (astikāya) is denotative of conventional objects occupying many places. (The compound ‘jīvāstikāya’ is to be explained as) a Karma-dhāraya thus. The soul is the category,⁵ and so on in all other cases too To all these, they apply the system of seven paralogisms,⁶ viz. May be it is, may be it is not, may be it is not predicable, may be it is and is not, may be it is and is not predicable, may be it is not and is not predicable, may be it is, it is not, and is not predicable.⁷ (The compound ‘Sapta-bhaṅgī- naya’ is to be explained thus:) The aggregate of the seven dialectical formulæ is ‘sapta-bhaṅgī,⁸ its reasoning’ (sapta-bhaṅgī-naya). The word ‘may’ (syāt) is an indeclinable represented by a verbal ending, and should be understood to have the meaning of ‘littleness’. Thus, it is to be construed as—It exists partly and does not exist partly, and so on. The sense is this: The whole mass of object, consisting of substances and modifications ⁹ is variable. The form of the substance being one, permanent and conceivable as existent, existence, oneness, permanence and the rest are justifiable in reference to it. The modifica- tions are the particular states of the substance, having the forms of pots, pieces of cloth and the rest. And they being many, ¹ Aghāti-karma. ² Vedanīya, nāmika, gotrika, āyuska. ³ Astikāya. ⁴ Jīvāstikāya, pudgalāstikāya, adharmāstikāya, ākāśāstikāya. ⁵ Jīvaś cāsau astikāyaś ca. ⁶ Sapta-bhaṅgī-naya. ⁷ Syād asti, syān nāsti, syād avyaktavya, syād asti ca nāsti ca, syād asti cāvyaktavyaś ca, syān nāsti cāvyaktavyaś ca, syād asti ca nāsti cāvyaktavyaś ca. ⁸ Here the ending ‘ī’ is in accordance with Pāṇ. 2.4.17; SD. K. 821, as modified by the Vārttika-sūtra of Kātyāyana 1556, “Akārāntottarapado dviguḥ striyāṁ iṣṭaḥ”. Vide B.M., p 548, vol. 1. ⁹ Dravya and paryyāya.

[SŪ. 2. 2. 33. 372 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH 6.] non-permanent and conceivable as non-existent, non-existence, non- permanence and the rest are justifiable in reference to them. With regard to it we reply. This cannot be said Why ? Because the seven-fold reasoning, like partly existent, partly non-existent and the rest, is not possible "in one object". The simultaneous co-existence of darkness and light is never seen or heard. In the same manner, couples of contradictory attributes like existence and non-existence and so on are indeed impossible in the same place. If it be objected: Your own view, too, admits couples of contradictory attibutes in one and the same substratum, e.g. in the text "All this, verily, is Brahman" (Chānd. 3.14.1), Unity is established, while in the texts: "The Lord of matter and soul, the Controller of the gunas" (Śvet 6.16), "Two birds" (Muṇḍ 3.1.1; Śvet. 4.6), plurality is established,—(we reply.) No, because this view is not based on reasoning,¹ since the real view can be determined, as mutually non-contradictory, through Scripture alone. Thus, it being impossible for the entire universe, consisting of the sentient and the non-sentient, to be non-different from Brahman by nature, it is non- different from Him only as having its existence and activity under His control (and not by nature), as indicated by the phrase 'emanating from Him' and so on.² But there is indeed a difference of nature between the categories, viz. the sentient, the non-sentient and Brahman, because the texts designating duality, too, are no less authoritative,— just as leaves, flowers and the rest are different by nature from the tree and are non-different from it on account of having no separate existence; and just as in spite of the difference of the sense-organs from the vital-breath by nature, their non-difference from it, as being under its control, is not incompatible. In the same manner, the difference and non-difference between the Universe and Brahman are natural and established in Scripture and Smṛti. What contradiction is there? In the very same manner, the complementary passage confirms the relation of difference-non-difference between the Universe and Brahman. The phrase 'emanating from Him' (tajjātān) is denotative of the reason, (meaning) because it emanates from that ¹ So that it might be controverted by reason. ² The text is: "All this, verily, is Brahman, emanating from Him, dis- appearing into Him and breathing in Him" (Chānd. 3.14.1).

[SŪ. 2. 2. 34. ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 373 Supreme Cause (tajja), disappears in Him (talla) and breathes, i.e. acts in Him (tadana) The elision of the parts is in accordance with Vedic use. Moreover, a single cause of the world being established by correct evidence, the causality of a plurality of atoms does not stand to reason, because that would involve unnecessary cumbrousness and also because causality is impossible on their parts, owing to their non-sentience. Further, the one reality, knowable from the Veda, being the giver of salvation, it is difficult for salvation to result from the grace of the perfect souls,¹ that being impossible Does the grace of the perfect souls depend on meditation or not ? If the first, then, salvation cannot arise through the meditation on one perfect soul among many perfect souls of the same nature, for there will be the fault of dis- regarding many other equally perfect souls. If there be meditation on all, that would involve unnecessary complication. If it be said that there is one great (soul higher than the others), then you fall in with a theistic view. On the second alternative, the consequence would be a universal release Moreover, there being no evidence of direct perception and the rest for the existence of perfect souls, it is impossible that salvation can result from their grace. SŪTRA 34 "AND THUS (IF) THE SOUL (BE OF THE SIZE OF THE BODY) THERE IS NON-ENTIRETY.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "Thus", there must be incompleteness on the part of the soul, assumed to be of the size of the body, when it attains a large body Vedānta-kaustubha Just as their view is open to the objection that contradictory attributes are impossible on the part of one and the same substratum, so their view that the soul is of the size of the body, too, is open to 1 Siddhas or semi-divine beings, supposed to be of great purity and holiness and characterized by the eight supernatural attributes.

374 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 2. 2. 35-36. ADH. 6.] serious objections. What objection? Listen! When the soul, which is of the size of the body, having left the body of an ant, attains the body of an elephant through the influence of its karmas, then there must be “non-entirety” on its part, i.e. it would not be able to fill up the whole of the elephant’s body. And when the soul comes out of the body of the elephant, and enters into a small body, it would fail to be small like it. SŪTRA 35 “NOR ALSO IS THERE NON-CONTRADICTION ON ACCOUNT OF MODIFICATION, ON ACCOUNT OF CHANGE AND THE REST.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha It cannot be said also that the soul is possessed of parts which are subject to increase and decrease and hence there is no contradiction, —for then there will result the faults of change and the rest (on the part of the soul). Vedānta-kaustubha If it be said: The soul, according to us, is possessed of parts. There is an increment of its parts in the body of an elephant, and decrement in a small body. Thus “on account of modification”, there is no contradiction”,—(we reply·) This cannot be said Why? “On account of change and the rest,” i.e. because there will then result faults like change and the rest. If the soul be possessed of parts, on your view, then it must be mutable like the body and the rest and also non-eternal,—such and other faults would arise. SŪTRA 36 “AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE PERMANENCY OF THE TWO (PRECEDING SIZES OF THE SOUL) OWING TO THE FINAL (SIZE), THERE IS NON- DISTINCTION (OF THE SIZE).” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be said: We admit that the “final” size of the soul is constant, and hence the initial and the intervening sizes too must be so,—(we reply:) then, there must be “non-distinction” everywhere, (and

[SŪ. 2. 2. 36. ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 375 hence) the doctrine (that the soul is of the) size of the body is set aside. Vedānta-kaustubha The size as well as the real nature (which the soul attains) during its state of salvation, after the destruction of the final body, are eternal. At that time there is no assumption of a subtle or gross body (by the soul), so there is no contraction or expansion of it. Thus, “on account of the permanency of the final” size, as well as of the real nature (of the soul), the permanency of both the initial and intervening (sizes) too is meant by the Arhatas; and hence there must be “non- distinction” everywhere,—this is the sense. In short, the soul must have a permanent and constant size in a gross body as well as in a subtle body, in its state of bondage as well as in its state of release; and the doctrine that it is of the size of the body must be but a childish prattle Hence, it is established that our conclusion is not contradicted by the view of the naked (i.e. the Jainas), based on error. Here ends the section entitled “Impossible in one” (6). COMPARISON Baladeva Interpretation different, viz. “On account of the non-distinction of the final state, (viz. salvation) (from the mundane state), both being permanent”. That is, on the Jaina view, there is no difference between the state of release and the mundane state, because the former is, according to them, a constant progress upward, or remaining in the alokākāśa. Now, motion, whether in the world or upward is always mundane; and no one can possibly feel any pleasure in the state of constant motion, or in standing still in a place without any support. Hence there is no difference between release and bondage on this view ¹ ¹ G.B. 2.2.36, pp. 145-146, Chap. 2.

[SŪ. 2. 2. 37. 376 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH 7.] Adhikaraṇa 7: The section entitled "Paśupati". (Sūtras 37-41) SŪTRA 37 "(THE DOCTRINE) OF THE LORD (IS UNTENABLE), ON ACCOUNT OF INCONSISTENCY." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The Pāśupata doctrine is to be rejected, because it is opposed to the Veda, which establishes a non-distinct efficient and material cause; and because it initiates a false faith. Vedānta-kaustubha Now, the Pāśupata doctrine is being disposed of. The maintainers of doctrines opposed to the Veda have been refuted above. The Māheśvaras, too, are such. They are of four kinds, viz. Kāpālas, Kālāmukhas, Pāśupatas and Śaivas. The basis of their doctrines is the treatise composed by Paśupati. The 'Pañcādhyāyī' ¹ is celebrated to be composed by the great Lord Paśupati Himself. Five categories are mentioned there, viz. cause, effect, concentrated meditation, injunction, and end of suffering.² The cause is pradhāna and the Lord. Among them, pradhāna is supposed to be the material cause, the Lord the efficient cause. The effect is mahat and the rest. Concentrated meditation is stated in the passage; "Through the meditation on the Oṃ-kāra once, one should hold (one's self)". Injunction consists in secret rituals like three ablutions and the rest The end of suffering is salvation. Among these, the Pāśupatas and the Kāpālas hold that during its state of bondage, the soul becomes (non-sentient) like a stone. And the Śaivas hold that the freed soul is consciousness. They have minor treatises of their own, designating their mutual differences. Those Māheśvaras, with their intelligence deluded by the Māyā of the Lord, maintain and practise, just as they like—as the means to the highest end—what is "opposed" to the Veda and not practised by the wise. As the Kāpālas say: "He who knows the six mudrās, he who is versed in the supreme mudrā, he attains nirvāṇa by ¹ Or having five chapters. ² Kāraṇa, Kāryya, Yoga, Vidhi, Duḥkhānta.

[sū. 2. 2. 37. ADH. 7.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 377 meditating on himself as in the posture of bhagāsana. The necklace, the gold ornament, the ear-ring, head-jewel, ashes, and the holy thread are said to be the six mudrās He whose body is marked with (mudrās) is not re-born on earth" and so on. Likewise, the Kālamukhas hold · "Using a skull (as the drinking vessel), besmearing one's self with the ashes of a dead body, eating the flesh of such a body, carrying a heavy stick, setting up a liquor-jar, worshipping the gods placed on it, and the rest, are means to obtaining all desired results in this world, as well as in the next". In the treatise of the Śaivas, too, it is said · "A bracelet made of the Rudrākṣa-beads on the arm, matted hair on the head, a skull, besmearing one's self with ashes", and so on. Moreover, it is clearly demonstrated in the Mahābhārata in the story of the Mātaṅga, distressed by the sharp words of a she-ass ¹ and so on, that it is very difficult for a man of another caste to obtain Brāhmaṇa-hood even by means of penance accumulated through thousands of years. But they hold that it is easily obtainable by a man of a different caste thus: "By merely entering in the initiatory ceremony, one becomes a Brāhmaṇa at once. By understanding the Kāpāla rite, a man becomes an ascetic". (Correct conclusion:) With regard to this, we reply. "Of the Lord" and so on The term 'no' is to be supplied "Of the ¹ The story of Mātaṅga and the she-ass is as follows: Once Mātaṅga, who was endowed with all qualities and equal to a Brāhmaṇa by all means, while travelling on a swift chariot drawn by a young ass and its mother, mercilessly pierced the young ass in the nose again and again Thereupon its mother, being much grieved, said to him that such an act certainly behoved a person who was born of a Brāhmaṇa mother and a Caṇḍāla father, but had he been the son of a Brāhmaṇa father his act would have been otherwise. Much aggrieved at this painful information, Mātaṅga determined to attain Brāhmaṇa-hood, left home immediately and engaged himself in a severe penance Therefore Indra being pleased personally appeared before him to offer him a boon. Mātaṅga asked for Brāhmaṇa-hood, which however, Indra declined to grant by reason of the fact that he was the son of a Caṇḍāla. In spite of Indra's straight denial, Mātaṅga went on performing austereties for a hundred years, standing on one leg only. Very much pleased, Indra appeared once again only to go back after saying that it was nnpossible for a Caṇḍāla to acquire Brāhmaṇa-hood, and that Mātaṅga was most unwise to undergo penance for it. This time Mātaṅga went on performing penance for a thousand years in the same way. Disappointed once more, he performed the severest penance by standing on one finger only. But in spite of this he was never able to attain his heart's desire, simply because he was a Caṇḍāla by birth Vide Mahā. 13.1870 ff., pp. 85 ff., vol. 4.

[SŪ. 2. 2 38. 378 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 7.] Lord," i.e. the view of Paśupati is not justifiable. Why? "On account of inconsistency," i.e because of the inconsistency in their view by reason of establishing two causes ¹ in direct contradiction to the scriptural texts like "He thought: 'May I be many'" (Chānd. 6 2 3), 'He became existent and that' (Tait. 2.6), 'All this has that for its soul' (Chānd 6.8.7, etc.). Moreover, since the practices like meditation preceded by the pranava, besmearing one's self with the ashes of a corpse and so on, are mutually contradictory, their view is indeed inconsistent COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara This is sūtra 34 in Bhāskara's Commentary. They do not take this adhikarana as a refutation of the Pāśupata doctrine only, but of the Sāṃkhya-yoga as well, in fact of all the doctrines generally, which maintain the Lord to be the efficient cause only and not the material cause of the world.² Śrīkaṇṭha He takes this adhikarana to be concerned with the refutation of the doctrine of the Ekadeśī Tāntrikas only or of those Śaivas according to whom the Lord is the efficient cause only, while Māyā is the material cause, śakti the instrument ³ SŪTRA 38 "AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RELATION." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "And on account of the impossibility of relation" between Paśupati, the instigator who is without a body, and pradhāna and the rest, to be instigated, Paśupati is not the cause of the world. ¹ I.e. two causes of the world material and efficient, different from each other. ² Ś.B. 2.2.37, p. 566; Bh. B. 2.2.34 (written as 2.2.37 in conformity with Śaṃkara's number), p. 127. ³ ŚK. B 2 3.37.

[sū. 2. 2. 39. ADH. 7.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 379 Vedānta-kaustubha For this reason, too, the doctrine of Paśupati is not justifiable. Why? A relation between Paśupati, the efficient cause, the instigator and pradhāna and the rest, to be instigated, must be admitted,— and this is impossible. Thus, the Māheśvaras are to be asked the following. Do you, sirs, follow Scripture or follow what is observed ? If the first, then the stated conclusion, being opposed to Scripture, must be rejected. If the second, then it is observed that there is a relation between potters and the rest only who are possessed of bodies, and clay and so on. Hence no relation can be established between Paśupati who is without a body and pradhāna and the rest, by you, following what is observed. Hence it being not possible for a bodiless being to have any relation with pradhāna and the rest, to be their instigator and so on, he is not the cause of the world. COMPARISON Rāmānuja, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha This sūtra is not found in their commentaries. SŪTRA 39 “AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF A SUBSTRATUM (I E A BODY) (ON THE PART OF THE LORD) ” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha “On account of the impossibility” of an eternal body—since it is opposed to what is observed,—as well as of a non-eternal one—since it arises later—Paśupati is not the cause of the world Vedānta-kaustubha If it be argued: Let him then have a body, and hence the above objection cannot be raised—(the author) replies:— “The substratum” of all practical transactions is the body— on account of the impossibility of that, their view is not justifiable. Thus, the body of Paśupati cannot be eternal, because that is opposed to what is observed. Otherwise the bodies of potters and the rest, too, must become eternal. Again, his body cannot be non-eternal,

[SŪ. 2. 2. 40. 380 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 7.] because a non-eternal body is not possible on the part of the cause of the world, because all the non-eternal objects arise later as effects, and because Paśupati, the cause, is prior to everything.¹ COMPARISON Śaṁkara Interpretation different, viz. “Because rulership (of pradhāna) and the rest is impossible (on the part of the Lord)”. That is, pradhāna which is non-perceived and devoid of colour and the rest, cannot be ruled by the Lord, since it is found that clay and the rest alone, which are possessed of colour and so on, are ruled by potters, etc.² Rāmānuja, Bhāskara, Śrīkaṇṭha and Baladeva Interpretation different, viz. · “Because rulership (of pradhāna) is not possible (on the part of the Lord)”. That is, Paśupati, who is bodiless cannot be the ruler of the pradhāna, for only embodied beings like potters and the rest can be rulers.³ SŪTRA 40 “IF IT BE ARGUED: AS IN THE CASE OF SENSE-ORGANS, (WE REPLY :) NO, ON ACCOUNT OF ENJOYMENT AND THE REST.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha It is not possible to suppose that the Lord has sense-organs and body like the individual soul, for there will result enjoyment and the rest (on the part of the Lord). Vedānta-kaustubha If it be argued: Just as the bodiless individual soul, existing from all eternity, has a relation with subsequent sense-organs and body, due to preceding sense-organs and body, so like it, Paśupati may have a ¹ I.e. non-eternal objects arise after creation. Hence Paśupati who is present before creation cannot possess a non-eternal body. ² Ś.B. 2.2.39, p. 570. See p. 656 under Śaṁkara. ³ Śrī. B. 2.2.36, p. 113, Part 1; Bh. B. 2.2.35 (written as 2.2.38), pp. 127-128; Śk. B. 2.2.36, p. 107, Parts 7 and 8; G.B. 2.2.39

[SŪ. 2. 2. 41 ADH. 7.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 381 relation with a body, and no objection can be raised here,—(we reply:) no. "On account of enjoyment and the rest." The sense is this: If like the individual soul, the Lord, too, has such a relation with a body, then all the faults like experiencing pleasure and pain, and thereby being the agent of good or bad actions and the rest must pertain to Him also. COMPARISON Śaṁkara and others Interpretation different, viz. "If it be argued: As in the case of sense-organs, (we reply:) no, on account of enjoyment and the rest". That is, if it be argued that the Lord rules over pradhāna in the same way as the individual soul rules over its sense-organs,—we point out: In that case the Lord Himself must undergo pleasure and pain ¹ At the end of this sūtra, Śaṁkara gives an alternative explanation of this and the immediately preceding sūtras and this explanation tallies with that of Nimbārka. SŪTRA 41 "(THERE WILL RESULT ON THIS VIEW) FINITUDE OR NON- OMNISCIENCE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If there be a connection between Him and the unseen principle,² consisting in merit and the rest, then there must be "finitude" and "non-omniscience" (on His part). Vedānta-kaustubha It cannot be said also: What objection can there be if enjoyment and the rest result on the part of the Lord? What can a snow-flake do when fallen on the sun?—for it is unreasonable. On account of performing good and bad deeds, due to nescience and the cause of transmigratory existence, and of undergoing their consequences, there must of course result "finitude", i.e. liability to being created, ¹ Ś.B. 2.2.40, p. 570, Śrī. B. 2.2.37, p. 113, Part 2; Bh. B. 2.2.36 (written as 2.2.39), p. 128; Śk. B. 2.2.37, p. 108, Parts 7 and 8; G.B. 2.2.40. ² Adṛṣṭa.

[Sū. 2. 2. 42. 382 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 8.] as well as "non-omniscience" on the part of the Lord; otherwise the individual soul, too, must cease to be subject to transmigratory existence,--so much in brief. Hence, it is established that the stated conclusion is not contradicted by the doctrine of the Māheśvaras Here ends the section entitled "Paśupati" (7). COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara According to them, the particle "vā" means 'or' and not 'and' as held by Nimbārka. Interpretation different, viz. "(There must be) either finitude or non-omniscience". That is, the Lord must either define the measure of the individual souls, pradhāna and Himself, or not define them. If He does, then they become finite; if he does not, then the Lord becomes non-omniscient.¹ Adhikaraṇa 8: The section entitled "Impossi- bility of origin". (Sūtras 42–45) SŪTRA 42 "ON ACCOUNT OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ORIGIN." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Since the origin of the world from Śakti without Puruṣa is impossible, the doctrine, too, which maintains it as the cause is not valid. Vedānta-kaustubha Now, the author is refuting, incidentally, the erroneous view of the Śāktas, viz. that Śakti alone is the producer of the world. The particle 'no' is to be supplied. Śakti is not the cause of the universe. Why? Because the origin of the universe from Śakti, without any connection with Puruṣa, is impossible. The consequence would be that the Śaktis, being independent of Puruṣa, would come to be perceived everywhere.

¹ Ś.B. 2.2.41, pp. 571 ff.; Bh. B. 2.2.37 (written as 2.2.40), p. 128.

[sū. 2. 2. 43. ADH. 8 ] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 383 Or else,¹ because the origin of the world is impossible, it being eternal, Śakti cannot be its cause, there being no proof that the world is something produced. If it be said that the Veda is the proof— (we reply:) Let then the cause of the world be Brahman who is established by the Veda. The doctrine of the causality of Śakti which is without any basis is to be rejected. COMPARISON Śaṃkara, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha They take this adhikaraṇa as concerned with the refutation of the Pañca-rātra system. Thus, according to them this sūtra means: “On account of the impossibility of origin”. That is, the Pañca-rātra doctrine holds that Saṃkarṣaṇa (the individual soul) springs from Vāsudeva (the Highest self), Pradyumna (the mind) from Saṃkarṣaṇa and Aniruddha (the principle of egoity) from Pradyumna, is not tenable, for the individual soul, which is eternal, cannot spring from the Highest soul.² Rāmānuja Rāmānuja also takes this adhikaraṇa as dealing with the Pañca- rātra doctrine, but not refuting, but establishing, it. Accordingly, he takes this and the next sūtra as laying down the prima facie view, the rest the correct conclusion. Interpretation like Śaṃkara and the rest. SŪTRA 43 “AND THE SENSE-ORGAN OF THE CREATION (IS) NOT (POSSIBLE).” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be said, there is a connection (between Śakti and Puruṣa,)— (we reply.) No “sense-organ” is possible on the part of Puruṣa at that time. ¹ An alternative explanation of the sūtra. ² Ś.B. 2.2.42, pp. 572 ff.; Bh. B. 2.2.38 (written as 2.2.41), p. 128; ŚK. B. 2.2.39, p. 115, Parts 7 and 8.

[SŪ. 2. 2. 44. 384 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 8.] Vedānta-kaustubha (If it be argued:) There is a creator helping Śakti; and the fact that the world is something produced, too, is inferred on the analogy of what is directly perceived; hence the above objection cannot be raised,—then (we reply:) No "sense-organ" is possible on the part of the creator, since there is no sense-organ prior to creation. In its absence, it is not possible for Puruṣa to be a helper. Moreover, since there is no similarity of the ether and the rest with pots and so on, the fact that the former are something produced (like the latter) is by no means established. The term "and" (in the sūtra) implies that if there be Puruṣa as the creator, Śakti is no longer the cause. COMPARISON Śaṃkara, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha Criticism of the Pañca-rātra view continued: "(There can be) no (origin) of the organ (viz. the mind) from the agent (viz. the individual soul)" ¹ Rāmānuja This is sūtra 40 in his commentary. As pointed out above, he takes this sūtra as laying down a prima facie view against the Pañca- rātra doctrine. Interpretation like Śaṃkara and others ² SŪTRA 44 "OR IF THERE BE THE EXISTENCE OF INTELLIGENCE AND SO ON, THERE IS NO DENIAL OF THAT." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If there be the existence of natural intelligence and so on (on the part of Śakti), what contradiction can there be in its being the cause of the world? The doctrine of Śakti is set aside by itself through the admission of Brahman. ¹ Ś.B. 2.2.43, p. 574; Bh. B. 2.2.39 (written as 2.2.43), p. 129, Śk. B. 2.2.40, p. 116, Parts 7 and 8. ² Śrī. B. 2.2.40, p. 115, Part 2.

[sū. 2. 2. 44. ADH. 8.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 385 Vedānta-kaustubha The term "or" has the meaning 'but'. Śakti is the abode of a mass of natural attributes like knowledge, strength and the rest, independent by nature of anything else, and self-relying "If there be the existence," i.e. admission, "of knowledge and so on", in this manner, on the other hand, then "there is no denial of that", i.e. its causality is not denied. In this aphorism: "And endowed with all (attributes)" (Br. Sū. 2.1 29), there is designated a Deity, knowable through all the Vedāntas, and it is He that is admitted by you. He is not the power (Śakti) of any one, He is the Highest Deity, denoted by the word 'Brahman' and so on. The sense is that the doctrine of Śakti defeats itself. COMPARISON Śaṃkara and Bhāskara The criticism of the Pañca-rātra doctrine continued: viz "(Even) if there be the existence of knowledge, there is no setting aside of that (viz. of the above objection)". That is, even if be said that Saṃkarṣaṇa and the rest are not the individual soul and so on, but divine beings, endowed with supreme knowledge and the rest, still then the objection stated before, viz the impossibility of origination, remains in force.¹ Rāmānuja This is sūtra 41 in his commentary. According to him this 'sūtra and the next set forth the correct conclusion against the above prima facie view, and defend the Pañca-rātra doctrine. Thus, it means: "If (Saṃkarṣaṇa and the rest be) of the nature of knowledge and so on (i.e. of the Highest Lord), there is no contradiction of that". That is, the Pañca-rātra doctrine is not that individual soul arises from the Lord, the mind from the individual soul, and so on, but simply that the Highest Lord, viz. Vāsudeva, out of kindness for people, abides in a four-fold form, so that He may be easily accessible to His devotees.² Śrīkaṇṭha This is sūtra 41 in his commentary as well He takes it to be a prima facie view, viz. "If there be the assumption of intelligence and 1 Ś.B. 2.2.41, pp. 574 ff.; Bh. B. 2.2.40 (written 2 2.44), p. 129. 2 Śrī. B. 2.2.41, pp. 116-117, Part 2. 25

[SŪ. 2. 2. 45. 386 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 8.] so on (i.e. of the forms of the individual soul and so on), there is no contradiction of that". That is, the opponents point out that they do not hold that there is the origin of the individual soul and the rest, but simply that Samkarsana and the rest assume the forms of the individual soul, etc., i e. rule them Hence the above objection cannot be raised.¹ Baladeva Interpretation different: "If (the body of the Lord be of the) nature of intelligence and the rest, there is no contradiction of that". That is, if the prima facie objector points out that although the Lord cannot have a material body, yet He may have a non-material body composed of knowledge and so on, then we reply that if the Lord of the Śāktas be possessed of such a body, then we have no objection to their view, since it becomes identical with our doctrine of Brahman. SŪTRA 45 "AND ON ACCOUNT OF CONTRADICTION." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha And on account of being opposed to Scripture and Smṛti, the doctrine of Śakti is unauthoritative Here ends the second quarter of the second chapter in the Vedānta- pārijāta-saurabha, an interpretation of the Śārīraka-mīmāṁsā texts, and composed by the reverend Nimbārka. Vedānta-kaustubha And because of being opposed to the following scriptural and Smṛti texts: 'Person, verily, is all this' (Śvet. 3.15), 'Supreme is His power, declared to be of manifold; natural is the operation of His knowledge and strength' (Śvet. 6 8), '"I am the origin of all, everything originates from me"' (Gītā 10.8), and so on, the doctrine of 1 Śk. B. 2.2.41, p. 116, Parts 7 and 8.

[sū. 2. 2. 45. ADH. 8 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 387 the causality of Śakti is not to be accepted by one who is desirous of salvation. Hence, it is established that the concordance of the scriptural texts with regard to Brahman, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the lord of all and the soul of all, is not contradicted by anything whatsoever. Here ends the section entitled "Impossibility of origin" (8). Here ends the second quarter of the second chapter in the Vedānta- kaustubha, a commentary on the Śārīraka-mīmāṁsā, and composed by the reverend Śrīnivāsa, dwelling under the lotus-feet of the holy Nimbārka, the teacher and founder of the sect of the venerable Sanatkumāra. —————— COMPARISON Śaṁkara Criticism of the Pañca-rātra doctrine concluded: "(The Pañca- rātra doctrine is to be rejected), because it is full of (inner) contradic- tions; and (because it contains passages opposed to the Veda)".¹ Rāmānuja Right conclusion, in defence of the Pañca-rātra doctrine, ends here. "(The above objection cannot be raised) on account of the contradiction (i.e. becasue the Pañca-rātra doctrine itself controverts that the individual soul has an origin".² Bhāskara This sūtra is not found in his commentary Śrīkaṇṭha Criticism of the Pañca-rātra doctrine concluded : "(In reply to the above prima facie view, we point out although the contradiction with regard to the origin of the individual soul and the rest set aside by the above view, yet the Pañca-rātra doctrine is not to be accounted) on account of its opposition (to Scripture).³

¹ Ś.B. 2.2.45, pp. 575-76. ² Śrī. B. 2.2 42, pp 117 ff., Part 2 ³ Śk. B 2 2.42, pp. 116–119, Parts 7 and 8.

388 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [sū. 2. 2. 45. ADH. 8 ] Résumé The second section of the second chapter contains:—

1. 45 sūtras and 8 adhikaranas, according to Nimbārka;
2. 45 sūtras and 8 adhikaraṇas, according to Śaṁkara;
3. 42 sūtras and 8 adhikaranas, according to Rāmānuja;
4. 40 sūtras and 8 adhikaraṇas, according to Bhāskara; 5 42 sūtras and 8 adhikaranas, according to Śrīkaṇṭha, 6 45 sūtras and 8 adhikaranas, according to Baladeva. Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha read sūtras 1 and 2 in Nimbārka's commentary as one sūtra, and omit sūtras 31 and 38 in Nimbārka- bhāṣya.

SECOND CHAPTER (Adhyāya) THIRD QUARTER (Pāda) Adhikaraṇa 1: The section entitled "The ether". (Sūtras 1-6) PRIMA FACIE VIEW (Sūtra 1) SŪTRA 1 "THE ETHER (DOES) NOT (ORIGINATE), ON ACCOUNT OF NON- MENTION IN SCRIPTURE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha That there is no contradiction in our own view has been proved by means of the views of the opponents. Now, it is being proved that there is no mutual non-contradiction among the scriptural texts. "The ether" does "not" originate. Why? Because in the Chāndogya its origin is not mentioned. Vedānta-kaustubha Thus, having demonstrated that the views of the opponents are based on a mere semblance of (and not real) reason, now with a view to generating intense reverence for Brahman, the cause of the world, on the part of those who are desirous of salvation, (the author) is demonstrating the origin of the ether and the rest, His effects, as well as the mutual consistency among the scriptural texts (about them). On the doubt, viz. whether the ether originates or not, the prima facie view is as follows: "The ether" does not originate. Why? "On account of non-mention in Scripture." Thus in the Chāndogya, the creation of three only—viz. light, water and food, without the ether and the air, is mentioned in the section concerned about creation in the passage beginning: 'He created that Light' (Chānd. 6.2.3).