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

[sū 2. 3. 28.
ADH. 9.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 421
nescience. Thereby beings are deluded ’ ’ ’ (Gītā 5.15), ‘ “ In whom that
nescience has been destroyed by knowledge, in them knowledge shines
forth like the sun, O Bhārata ! ’ ’ ’ (Gītā 5.16 ¹).
COMPARISON
Śaṃkara
This is sūtra 29 in his commentary. Interpretation absolutely
different. He takes this and the following three sūtras as laying down
the correct conclusion, viz. that the soul is all-pervasive, in answer to
the prima facie view set forth in ten sūtras above Thus, this sūtra
means, according to him: “But there is that designation (of the
atomicity of the soul) on account of its having that attribute (viz
buddhi) as its essence, as in the case of the intelligent being”. That
is, just as Brahman, though all-pervading, is designated to be atomic
for the purpose of meditation, so the individual soul, though all-
pervading, is designated to be atomic through its limiting adjunct of
buddhi.²
Rāmānuja, Śrīkaṇṭha and Baladeva
This is sūtra 29 in the commentaries of the first two, and sūtra 27
in the commentary of the last. Baladeva leaves out “tu”. Inter-
pretation different—viz “But there is that designation (i e the
designation of the soul as knowledge) on account of its having that
attribute as its essence, as in the case of the intelligent one” That is,
just as the Lord, though a knower, is sometimes designated as know-
ledge, so the individual soul too, though a knower, is sometimes
designated as knowledge, since it possesses knowledge as its essential
attribute.³ They continue the same topic in the following four
sūtras, although literal interpretation is the same.
Bhāskara
This is sūtra 29 in his commentary. Interpretation absolutely
different. Here he points out that the atomicity of the soul, considered
so long, is not the real form of the soul, but only its transmigratory

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¹ Correct quotation: “Prakāśayati tatparam”. Vide Gītā, 5.16, p. 303.
² Ś.B. 2.3.29, pp. 616 ff.
³ Śrī. B. 2.3.29, p. 144, Part 2; Śk. B. 2.3.29, p. 147. Parts 7 and 8, G.B.
2.3.27, p. 198, Chap. 2.