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

[sū. 2. 3. 13.
ADH. 4.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 401
of the scriptural text teaching Him,—the Supreme Person, their inner
soul, is the creator of their effects.
Vedānta-kaustubha
The author states the correct conclusion.
The prima facie view is rejected by the term "but". "He"
alone, i.e. Lord Vāsudeva, the supreme cause and the Lord of all and
the inner soul of the air and the rest, is the creator of the effects like
light and the rest. Why ? "On account of His desire," i.e. on account
of the desire, or resolve, of Him, or of the Highest Person, viz.: ‘"May
I be many" ’ (Chānd. 6.2.3); (and) "On account of His mark",
i.e. on account of the group of texts teaching Him, viz. 'Abiding
within the earth' (Bṛh. 3.7.3), 'He who abiding within water'
(Bṛh. 3 7 4), 'He who abiding within the light' (Bṛh. 3.7 14),
'He who abiding within the air' (Bṛh. 3.7.7) 'He who abiding
within the ether' (Bṛh. 3.7.12), 'That itself created itself' (Tait
2.7) and so on. Hereby it should be known that in the passages 'That
light thought' (Chānd. 6.2.3), 'Those waters perceived' (Chānd.
6.2.4) and so on too, the thinking of the Supreme Being alone (is
mentioned). Hence, it is established that no independent creatorship
belongs to anything else,—it is the Supreme Soul alone who is the
primary creator everywhere.
Here ends the section entitled "The light" (4).
COMPARISON
All others read "Tad-abhidhyānād eva tu", adding an "eva".
Śaṁkara, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha
Interpretation same, though they do not take this sūtra as
answering to a prima facie view. This sūtra, according to them,
removes the suspicion, that might have arisen from the above designa-
tion of the successive production of elements, viz. that the elements
give rise to other elements by themselves. The fact is that it is the
Lord himself abiding within those elements that gives rise to the
next effect.¹
¹ Ś.B. 2.3.13, pp. 598 ff.; Bh. B. 2.3.13, p. 133 ; G.B. 2.3.12.
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