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[sū. 2. 1. 9.
ADH. 3] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 281
possesses the attributes of sentience, infinity, freedom from sins and
the rest, and is established by the scriptural texts 'Brahman is
truth, intelligence, infinite" (Tait. 2.1), "Free from sins, ageless,
deathless" (Chānd. 8.1.5, 8 7.1, 3; Maitrī. 7.7), "Who is omniscient,
all-knowing" (Muṇḍ. 1 1.9, 2.2.7) and so on. Why? "On account
of there being the consequence of (becoming) like that during dissolu-
tion." That is, because "during dissolution", or during reabsorption,
non-sentience, limitedness, impurity and the rest will occur on the
part of the material cause as well, "like that", i.e as on the part of
the effect The sense is that during dissolution, the world, possessing
non-sentience and the rest, and merged into its material cause in an
order reverse to that of creation, i.e merged into Brahman, possessing
the attribute of sentience and the rest, is sure to defile Him with its
own attributes, as does butter-milk dropped in milk
CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtras 9-10)
SŪTRA 9
"BUT NO, ON ACCOUNT OF THERE BEING PARALLEL IN-
STANCES."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
The reply is as follows: There is indeed no "consequence of (be-
coming) like that". Just as the evolutes of the earth do not defile
it when dissolved into it, so the universe, the evolute of Brahman,
also does not.
Vedānta-kaustubha
The author refutes the objection.
"But no", i.e. no such consequence follows, and hence our
view does not involve any inconsistency. Why? An effect does
not defile its material cause with its own attributes when dissolved
into it, there being parallel instances to this effect. Just as the evolutes
like bracelets, ear-rings and the rest, when dissolved, do not defile
the lump of gold with their own attributes; and just as the evolutes
of the earth, when dissolved into the earth, do not defile the earth
with their own attributes, so this universe, consisting of the sentient
and the non-sentient, when dissolved into Brahman, does not, indeed,