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[SŪ. 2. 2. 41
ADH. 7.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 381
relation with a body, and no objection can be raised here,—(we
reply:) no. "On account of enjoyment and the rest." The sense is
this: If like the individual soul, the Lord, too, has such a relation with
a body, then all the faults like experiencing pleasure and pain, and
thereby being the agent of good or bad actions and the rest must
pertain to Him also.
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara and others
Interpretation different, viz. "If it be argued: As in the case of
sense-organs, (we reply:) no, on account of enjoyment and the rest".
That is, if it be argued that the Lord rules over pradhāna in the same
way as the individual soul rules over its sense-organs,—we point out:
In that case the Lord Himself must undergo pleasure and pain ¹
At the end of this sūtra, Śaṁkara gives an alternative explanation
of this and the immediately preceding sūtras and this explanation
tallies with that of Nimbārka.
SŪTRA 41
"(THERE WILL RESULT ON THIS VIEW) FINITUDE OR NON-
OMNISCIENCE."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
If there be a connection between Him and the unseen principle,²
consisting in merit and the rest, then there must be "finitude" and
"non-omniscience" (on His part).
Vedānta-kaustubha
It cannot be said also: What objection can there be if enjoyment
and the rest result on the part of the Lord? What can a snow-flake
do when fallen on the sun?—for it is unreasonable. On account of
performing good and bad deeds, due to nescience and the cause of
transmigratory existence, and of undergoing their consequences,
there must of course result "finitude", i.e. liability to being created,
¹ Ś.B. 2.2.40, p. 570, Śrī. B. 2.2.37, p. 113, Part 2; Bh. B. 2.2.36
(written as 2.2.39), p. 128; Śk. B. 2.2.37, p. 108, Parts 7 and 8; G.B. 2.2.40.
² Adṛṣṭa.