वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[sū. 1. 3. 18-19.
ADH. 5.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 169
SŪTRA 18
"IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT ON ACCOUNT OF A REFERENCE TO THE
OTHER, (VIZ. THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL), HE (IS THE SMALL ETHER),
(WE REPLY:) NO, BECAUSE OF IMPOSSIBILITY."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
If it be objected that "on account of a reference" to the individual
soul as well in the middle of the text about the 'small one', viz. in the
passage: 'This serene being having arisen from this body, having
attained the form of highest light, is completed in its own form. This
is the soul, said he' (Chānd. 8.3 4¹), let the individual soul be the
'small one',—
(We reply) 'no', "because of the impossibility" of the qualities
of freedom from sins and the rest,² on the part of the individual soul
Vedānta-kaustubha
If it be objected that "on account of a reference" to the individual
soul by the term 'serene being' in the middle of the text about the
small ether, viz. in the passage: 'This serene being, having arisen
from this body, having attained the form of highest light, is completed
in its own form. This is the soul, said he. This is immortal, fearless'
(Chānd 8.3.4), let "him" alone be the small ether,—
(We reply·) 'No'. Why? "Because of impossibility", i.e. because
the above-mentioned qualities of freedom from sins and the rest are
impossible on the part of the individual soul.
SŪTRA 19
"IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT FROM WHAT IS SUBSEQUENT, (THE
INDIVIDUAL SOUL MAY BE MEANT HERE), (WE REPLY·) BUT (THAT
SUBSEQUENT PASSAGE REFERS TO THE SOUL SO FAR ONLY) IT HAS
ITS REAL NATURE MANIFEST."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
If it be objected that "from what is subsequent", i.e. from
Prajāpati's statement referring to the individual soul, the eight-fold
¹ S, R, Bh, ŚK, B. ² Vide Chānd 8.1 5.