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[sū. 1. 4. 28.
ADH. 8.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 265
denoted by the terms ‘Brahman’, ‘Nārāyaṇa’ and the rest, is to be
worshipped by one, desirous of salvation, through hearing, thinking,
meditating and so on.
Here ends the section entitled ‘The explanation of all’ (8)
Here ends the fourth quarter of the first chapter of the Vedānta-
kaustubha, a commentary on the Śārīraka-mīmāṁsā, and composed
by the reverend teacher Śrīnivāsa, dwelling under the holy lotus-feet
of Nimbārka, the founder and teacher of the sect of the venerable
Sanatkumāra.
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara and Bhāskara
Interpretation different, viz they connect this adhikaraṇa more
directly with the refutation of the Sāṁkhya doctrine, which Nimbārka
does not. Thus, the meaning of the sūtra according to Śaṁkara and
Bhāskara is: ‘Hereby’ (i.e. by the mode of refuting the Sāṁkhya
view), all (i.e. other doctrine like Atomism and the rest) are explained
(as negated), explained’.¹
Baladeva
Interpretation different, viz. ‘Hereby (viz. by the method indi-
cated above) all (the words like pradhāna, Śiva and the rest) are
explained (as denoting Brahman alone), explained’.²
Thus, we find that Nimbārka, Rāmānuja and Baladeva direct
the entire pāda, except the last adhikaraṇa, to the refutation of the
Sāṁkhya view, but surprisingly enough make no reference to the
Sāṁkhya view in the last adhikaraṇa, bringing in different topics.
Nimbārka and Rāmānuja speak of the general concordance of the
Vedānta texts in the last section, while Baladeva speaks of the signi-
ficance of all names.
No less surprising is the procedure of Śaṁkara and Bhāskara.
Śaṁkara finishes with the refutation of the Sāṁkhya doctrine in
adhikaraṇa 3, and takes the intervening four adhikaraṇa as concerned,
not with the refutation of the Sāṁkhya doctrine, but with the general
concordance of the Vedānta texts, etc. Then, all of a sudden, he
refers to the Sāṁkhya doctrine in the last adhikaraṇa.
¹ Ś.B. 1.4.28, p. 436; Bh. B. 1.4.27, p. 86.
² G.B. 1.4.28.