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

[sū. 2. 3 25.
ADH. 9 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 417
observed that the drop of sandal-paste occupies one spot of the body;
but it is not known that the individual soul occupies one part of the
body, since consciousness is experienced everywhere,—on account of
such a difference of abode between the two,—
(We reply :) “No”. Why ? “On account of the admission,” viz.
that the soul, atomic in size, abides in one part of the body, i.e. “in
the heart”, by the scriptural text: ‘He who is made of knowledge
among the vital-breaths, who is the light within the heart’ (Bṛh.
4.4.22). The meaning of the term “certainly” is that it is the
attribute of knowledge (and not the atomic soul itself) which abides
in the whole body.
SŪTRA 25
“OR THROUGH ATTRIBUTE, LIKE LIGHT.”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
The illumination of the body takes place only through the attribute
of the soul, like the light of a lamp and the like in a room.
Vedānta-kaustubha
To the objection, viz. the doctrine that there is a relation of
attribute and substratum (between knowledge and the soul) is not
proper, since our purpose is served by the very nature only (of the
soul),—(the author) replies :
The term “or” is for disposing of the objection. The sense is
that the experience of the pleasure and the like, pertaining to the
entire body, by the atomic soul, occupying one part of the body, is
possible through its attribute of knowledge which is all-pervading
“As in ordinary life.” In ordinary life, a gem, the sun, a light and
so on, though occupying one place, illuminate many places, as the
case may be, through their attribute alone. Or else, (the combination)
may be disjoined as: “as in the case of light”, i.e. like the light of
gems and the rest. The doctrine of an attributeless soul, as admitted
by the Sāṁkhyas, has been disposed of above.¹
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara reads “lokavat”, all others “ālokavat”.
¹ Vide V.K. 1.3.18.
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