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452 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [SŪ. 2. 4. 2.
ADH. 1.]
mind and all the sense-organs' (Muṇḍ. 2.1.3), 'Just as small sparks
come forth from fire, so exactly do all the sense-organs from this soul'
(Bṛh. 2.1.20), 'Seven sense-organs arise' (Muṇḍ 2.1.7). Having
made the initial assertion, viz that there is the knowledge of one
through the knowledge of all thus: '"What being known, sir, all this
comes to be known?"' (Muṇḍ. 2.1.3), the text goes on to declare,
in order to prove it, that 'From him arise the vital-breath, the mind
and all the sense-organs' (Mund 2 1 3) and so on. This initial
proposition is proved only if all the effects, like the sense-organs and
the rest, are admitted to have Him as their material cause. The
scriptural text: 'The non-existent alone was this in the beginning'
(Śat. Br. 6.1.1, 1), on the other hand, is to be explained as referring
to the cause. Hence there is no contradiction.
COMPARISON
Rāmānuja
He takes this and the next sūtra as one sūtra Interpretation
different, viz. "(The plural number in the text ¹) is secondary, be-
cause of impossibility", i.e. because prior to creation Brahman alone
exists.²
Śrīkaṇṭha
He regards this sūtra as answering the prima facie objection.
He too like Rāmānuja takes this and the next sūtra as forming a
single sūtra, and interprets it just like Rāmānuja
Baladeva
Interpretation just like Rāmānuja's.
¹ Viz. Śat. Br. 6.1.1, 1. See Śrīnivāsa above. It has been stated under
the previous sūtra that the words 'sense-organs' and 'sages' in that passage denote
Brahman. But how then to account for the plural number?—to this question
the present sūtra replies.
² Śrī. B. 2.4.2, p. 170, Part 2.