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[SŪ. 1. 4 8.
226 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 2.]
Adhikarana 2: The section entitled 'The cup'.
(Sūtras 8-10)
SŪTRA 8
" (THE WORD 'UNBORN' DOES NOT DENOTE THE SĀṂKHYA PRAKṚTI)
ON ACCOUNT OF NON-SPECIFICATION, AS IN THE CASE OF THE CUP."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
On the prima facie view, viz. Let prakṛti, mentioned in the sacred
text: 'One unborn female (ajā)' (Śvet 4 5 ¹), be the one established
in (the Sāṃkhya) Smṛti, the author indicates the right conclusion.
The unborn one, mentioned in the sacred text, must have Brahman
for its soul ², because there is no specification guaranteeing the prima
facie view ³, as in the case of the cup, mentioned in the sacred text.
'There is a cup with its mouth below' (Bṛh 2 2.3 ⁴).
Vedānta-kaustubha
Thus, it has been shown that in the Kaṭha-vallī pradhāna, which
is not mentioned in the Veda, is not denoted by the term 'unmanifest',
as it, through denoting the cause, viz pradhāna which is mentioned
in the Veda, denotes its effect, viz. the body It has also been shown
that as pradhāna has Brahman for its soul, the text, thereby, refers
to Brahman In a like manner, it is being shown now that the text
about the unborn one, too, refers to Brahman alone.
In the Mantropaniṣad of the Śvetāśvataras, we find the following:
'By an unborn female (ajā),⁵ red, black and white, bringing forth
manifold offspring of a like nature, there lies an unborn male (aja)⁶,
enjoying. Another unborn male (aja) leaves her who has been en-
joyed' (Śvet. 4.5). A doubt arises, viz. whether in this sacred
text prakṛti, established by the Sāṃkhya-smṛti, is recognized by the
term 'unborn one' (ajā), or whether the meaning of the sacred text

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¹ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B.
² I.e. be dependent on Brahman.
³ I.e. There is nothing here to guarantee us in selecting pradhāna of the
opponents as the unborn one
⁴ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B
⁵ 'Ajā' means a she-goat, too, cf. Ś.B. 1.4.10, p. 404
⁶ 'Aja' means a he-goat also.