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[sū. 1. 3. 14.
ADH 5.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 163
whether Brahman or Brahmā, the four-faced. The conclusion, of
course, is that the higher Brahman is meant.¹
Adhikaraṇa 5. The section entitled 'The small'.
(Sūtras 14–23)
SŪTRA 14
"THE SMALL (ETHER) IS BRAHMAN, ON ACCOUNT OF WHAT
FOLLOWS"
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
The "small" ether, mentioned in the passage: 'In this city of
Brahman is a small lotus, a chamber; small is the ether within it'
(Chānd. 8.1 1²), can be the Highest Self alone. Why? "On account
of what follows", i.e. on account of the peculiar qualities of the
Highest Self, which are designated subsequently in the passage: 'As
large is this ether, so large is that ether within the space. In it both
the heaven and the earth are contained. This soul is free from sins,
ageless' (Chānd. 8.1.3³) and so on.
Vedānta-kaustubha
Thus, on the ground of the text. 'He sees the Person lying in the
city' (Praśna 5.5), 'lying within the city', as well as 'being the object
which one sees', fit in on the part of the Highest Self as possessing
a manifest auspicious form. In the very same manner, smallness, too,
fits in on His part as residing in the abode, viz. the heart-lotus. With
this in his mind, the reverend author of the aphorisms says now:
We find the following text in the Chāndogya immediately after
the doctrine of the Plenty⁴. 'Now what is within this city of Brahman
is a small-lotus, a chamber; small is the ether within it. What is
within that should be searched for, that, verily, should be enquired
into' (Chānd 8.1.1). The meaning of the text, according to us,
is as follows. 'what is' within 'this city of Brahman',—i.e. within the
body which is the abode where the individual soul, a part of Brahman,
enjoys the fruit of its karmas and which is the place where it realizes
¹ S B. 1.3.13, p. 321 'Kim asmin vākye paraṁ Brahma abhidhātavyam
upadiśyata ahasvit aparam iti'.
² Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B. ³ Op. cit. ⁴ V.K., 1.3.8.