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[SŪ. 1. 3. 42.
206 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 10.]
Vedānta-kaustubha
In the very same Kaṭha-vallī, in the section of the Person measured
as of the size of a thumb, it is declared, prior to the text about the
vital-breath, (viz. Kaṭha 6. 2) 'The sun does not shine there, nor the
moon and the stars, nor do these lightnings shine, much less this fire.
He shining, everything else shines after him. All this shines through
his light' (Kaṭha 6.2). "Because" in this text, light, belonging
exclusively to the Supreme Soul who is denoted by the term 'light',
"is seen" (i.e. declared), it is established that what is of the size
of merely a thumb is none but the Supreme Soul.
Here ends the section entitled 'What is measured' (6).
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha
Interpretation different, viz. they take this sūtra as forming a
new adhikaraṇa by itself, concerned with the question whether the
term 'light' in the Chāndogyopaniṣad (8. 12.6) denotes Brahman or
not.¹
Baladeva
Interpretation different, viz. '(The word "vajra" in the Kaṭho-
paniṣad must mean the Lord), because it is seen (that in a preceding
passage He is called) light'.²
Adhikaraṇa 10: The section entitled 'Some-
thing different'. (Sūtras 42–44)
SŪTRA 42
"THE ETHER (IS BRAHMAN), ON ACCOUNT OF THE DESIGNATION
(OF IT) AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND SO ON."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
In the passage: 'The ether, verily, is the producer of name and
form' (Chānd. 8.14. 1³), the object denoted by the term 'ether' is the
¹ S.B. 1.3.40, pp. 380 et seq., Bh. B. 1.3.40, p. 69; SK. B. 1.3. 41, pp. 498
et seq. Part 5.
² G.B. 1.3.40. ³ Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B