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[sū. 2. 3 33.
ADH. 10.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 427
concerned with denying that the soul is an agent. The Smṛti
passage, too, shows only that the soul, which is deluded by the guṇas
of prakṛti, is an agent of mundane activities through those guṇas
And, this has been stated by the Lord Himself thus ‘ “Those deluded
by the guṇas of prakṛti are attached to the activities of the guṇas”’
(Gītā 3 2.9). If the guṇas be the agent and not the soul, then the
following statements will be nullified: viz. ‘“But if you will not carry
on this righteous warfare”’ (Gītā 2.33), ‘“For through action alone
Janaka and the rest have attained to perfection. Having an eye to
the good of the world also, you should perform action”’ (Gītā 3 20),
‘“Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer, whatever
you give, whatever you practise as penance,—make that an offering
to me”’ (Gītā 9.27), ‘“I am firm, with my doubts removed. I will do
according to your word”’ (Gītā 18.73) and so on.
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara and Bhāskara
This is sūtra 33 in their commentaries. Literal interpretation
same, but they hold that the soul’s state of being an agent is not
natural, but due to limiting adjuncts ¹ The same remarks apply to
the following three sūtras also, which will not be noted separately.
SŪTRA 33
“ON ACCOUNT OF THE TEACHING OF (THE SOUL’S) MOVING ABOUT.”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
“On account of the teaching of (the soul’s) moving about,”
in the passage: ‘He moves around in his own body as desired’ (Bṛh.
2.1.18 ²), it is an agent.
Vedānta-kaustubha
“On account of the teaching” of the soul’s “moving about”,
i.e. of its roaming around, in the passages: ‘He, the immortal, goes
¹ Ś.B. 2 3.32, p. 623; Bh. B. 2.3 32, p. 138. For the different senses of the
word ‘upādhi’ in the systems of Śaṁkara and Bhāskara. see Bh. B., etc.
² Ś, R, Bh, Śk.