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[SŪ. 1. 1. 30.
84 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH 11.]
(We reply:) ' "In this"' chapter, there is a multitude of references
to the Highest Self. Hence, the object denoted by the words 'vital-
breath', 'Indra' and the rest is the Highest Self alone.
Vedānta-kaustubha
If it be objected. In the aphorism 'The vital-breath, on account
of intelligibility in that way' (Br. Sū. 1.1.29), it has been said that
the object denoted by the words 'vital-breath', 'Indra' and so on, is
Brahman That is not the case. Why? '"On account of the self
of the speaker being taught,"' i.e. because the very self of the speaker,
viz Indra, who says at first: '"Know me alone"' (Kauṣ. 3.1), and
later on: '"I am the vital-breath, the intelligent self"' (Kauṣ 3 2),—
his very individual character, well-known from the passage '"I killed
the three-headed son of Tvaṣtṛ, I delivered the Arunmukhas, the
ascetics, to the wolves "' (Kauṣ. 3.1),—is taught as the object to be
worshipped. Thus, the introductory text here refers to the individual
soul. This being so, the concluding text too, viz. 'Bliss, ageless,
immortal' (Kauṣ. 3.8), should refer to it,—
We reply: '"Because there is a multitude of references to the self
in it"', i.e. "because", i.e. certainly, "in it", viz in this chapter, there
is "a multitude of references to the self", i.e. numerous references to
that which is above the (individual) self, viz. the Highest Self; that
means, in this chapter there are (mentioned) a great many attributes
of the Highest Self. Hence there cannot be any reference to any
individual soul like Indra here,—this is the resulting meaning. Thus,
the worship of what is the most beneficial, mentioned in the introduc-
tory text: '"What you consider to be the most beneficial for mankind"'
(Kauṣ. 3.1), is nothing but the worship of the Highest Self, because
He alone is the most auspicious Being, as declared by another scriptural
text: 'By knowing Him alone, one surpasses death; there is no other
way to salvation' (Śvet. 6.15) Similarly, making one do good or
evil deeds as declared by the text: 'He alone makes one, whom he
wishes to lead up from these worlds, perform good action. He alone
makes one, whom he wishes to lead downwards from these worlds,
perform evil action' ¹ (Kauṣ. 3.8), is a quality of the Highest Self
alone. Likewise, being the support of all sentient and non-sentient
¹ Correct quotation translated. 'Eṣa hy eva enam . . . . , eṣa u eva
enam asādhu karma kārayati taṃ yam adho ninīṣate'. Vide Kauṣ. 3.8, p. 130