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

[SŪ. 1. 4. 18.
250 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 5.]
held by Jaimini as well, with the words. “But Jaimini (thinks that
the mention of the individual soul has a different purpose”. With a
view to showing that it is confirmed all the more strongly as being
based on the Veda, it is said “On account of question and explana-
tion”, and for suggesting that it is celebrated in all the Upaniṣads,
it is said “and thus some” The non-difference between the individual
soul and Brahman, too, has been mentioned before,¹ and we shall
speak of it carefully later on.² Hence, none but the Supreme Soul
is taught as the object to be known. It is established that He alone
is the cause of the origin and the rest of the universe, and not puruṣa,
established in the Tantra, or pradhāna, superintended by it.
Here ends the section entitled ‘Denoting the world’ (5).
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara and Bhāskara
General import same, only while Nimbārka, as before, connects
this adhikaraṇa more directly with the topic of the preceding part
of the pāda, viz. refutation of the Sāṁkhya view, Śaṁkara and
Bhāskara do not do so, but take it to be concerned with the general
question of the concordance of all texts with regard to Brahman.³
Śrīkaṇṭha
General import same, but he too does not take this adhikaraṇa
as concerned with the refutation of the Sāṁkhya doctrine, but with
the question of the difference between the individual soul and Brah-
man.⁴ Hence according to him, the problem here is whether the
¹ Vide V.K. 1.1 1, p. 11, 1.1 7, p. 25, 1.2.6, p 52, etc. (Page references
are to the K.S.S. ed.)
² Vide e.g. VK 1.4.20, p. 139, 1.4.21, p. 140, 2.1.16, p. 151, etc. (K.S.S.
ed.)
³ This is evident from the fact that while according to Nimbārka the question
is whether in Kauṣ. 4.19 the object to be known is the Sāṁkhya puruṣa or the
Supreme Soul (vide V.P S. 1.3.16), according to Śaṁkara and Bhāskara, the
question is whether in the same text the object to be known is the vital-breath
or the Supreme Soul. Vide Ś.B. 1.4.16, p. 418; Bh. B. 1.4.16, p. 78.
⁴ Punar api jīvāt parameśvarasya anya-bhāvam upapādayati. ŚK. B. 1.4.16,
Intro., p. 535, Part 6.