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[Sū. 3. 2. 11.
ADH 5 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 523
with that blazing house,—so the imperfections arising from places
pertain to the Highest Self too.¹
With regard to it we reply. No. There are no imperfections,
arising from those particular places, "on the part of the Highest",
i e. on the part of Brahman full of His own bliss, although He has
entered into those places out of compassion as the inner controller
of the individual souls, His own parts, for their guidance,—"because"
"everywhere", i c. in scriptural and Smṛti passages, the Supreme
Brahman is established to be "possessed of two-fold characteristics",
1.e. as possessed of the marks of being free by nature from all faults
and being an abode of a mass of auspicious qualities. The scriptural
texts are to the effect. "The soul that is free from sins, ageless, death-
less, griefless, without hunger, without thirst, possessed of true
desires, possessed of true resolves" (Chānd. 8.7 1, 3), "Who is omnis-
cient, all knowing" (Muṇḍ 1 1 9; 2.2.7), "Whose penance consists
in knowledge (Mund. 1.1.9), "He who knows the bliss of Brahman"
(Tait. 2.4 1 ; 2.9.1), "Natural is the operation of (His) knowledge
and strength" (Śvet. 6.8) and so on. The Smṛti passages are to the
effect: "He possesses all auspicious qualities; and has drawn out,
by a particle of His own power, the creation of beings ² (V P. 6.5 84 ³),
"He is possessed of might, power, lordship and supreme knowledge,
and is one mass of qualities like His own strength, power and the
rest. He is the highest of the high, in whom, the Lord of the high
and the low,⁴ there are no miseries and the like" (V.P. 6 5 85 ⁵).
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara
Interpretation absolutely different, viz. "Not even on account
of place (i e. limiting adjunct), two-fold characteristics (viz. saviśeṣa
¹ Here the house stands for the body, Yajñadatta for the soul, Devadatta
for the Lord. Just as when the house is on fire, the heat affects not only Yajña-
datta, the owner, but also Devadatta, a visitor who has entered into it, so the
imperfections inhering in the body affect not only the individual soul, the owner,
but also the Lord who has entered into it as its ruler.
² Reading: "Sva-śakti-leśāvṛta-bhūta-vargaḥ", meaning: 'Who has covered
the group of beings by a particle of His own power '.
³ P. 837, lines 9-10.
⁴ Reading. "Parāpareśe", meaning the same.
⁵ P. 837, lines 13–16.
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