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[sū. 3. 2. 19.
ADH 5 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 537
as the sun (or the bimba) is different from its image (or the prati-
bimba), so the Lord is different from the individual soul ¹
PRIMA FACIE VIEW (Sūtra 19)
SŪTRA 19
"BUT ON ACCOUNT OF THE NON-APPREHENSION LIKE WATER,
THERE IS NO BEING SO."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
It is doubted. Water is apprehended to be remote from the
sun, but not so the place (viz. the individual soul) from the whole
(viz. the Lord).² Hence the example cited is not to the point.
Vedānta-kaustubha
It is doubted that the example cited does not illustrate the point.
The word "but" is indicative of the doubt. It may be objected
"There is no being so", i.e Brahman is not like the reflected
sun. Why? "On account of the non-apprehension like water," i.e.
water is apprehended to be remote from the sun, and the sun and the
rest, though reflected on it, are yet not touched by its imperfections
as they are remote from it; but all the sentient and the non-sentient
are not apprehended, as in the case of water, to be remote from
Brahman. Compare the scriptural texts: "He who abiding within
the earth" (Bṛh. 3.7.3), "He who abiding within water" (Bṛh. 3.7.4),
"He who abiding in the soul" (Śat. Br. 14.6.7.30 ³), "In whom all
the worlds are situated" (Kaṭha. 5.8, 6.1) and so on; and also
the Smṛti passages: '"The Lord dwells, O Arjuna, in the heart-
region of all'" (Gītā 18.61), '"In me all this is woven"' (Gītā 7.7)
and so on. Hence there is no parallelism between the Supreme
Person, the topic of discussion, and the reflected sun and the rest.
1 G B. 3.2.18, pp. 65-66, Chap. 3.
2 The C.S.S. ed. (p. 54) reads "sthāninah".
3 P. 1074, line 8