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[sū. 3. 2. 29.
ADH. 6.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 557
SŪTRA 29
‘ OR AS BEFORE. ”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
Objections, like the consequence of entire (transformation) and
the rest, have been refuted “before” ¹
Vedānta-kaustubha
To the objection, viz. If the universe be a particular state of Brah-
man, as the coil is of the serpent, then there results a mass of objec-
tions like the consequence of entire (transformation of Brahman),
the contradiction of scriptural texts and so on,—(the author) replies:
The word “or” is meant for refuting the objection. There
can be no objection whatsoever “as before”; i.e. the above objections
have already been refuted under the aphorism. “But on account
of Scripture, on account of being based on word” (Br. Sū. 2.1.25).
COMPARISON
Śaṃkara and Bhāskara
This is sūtra 30 in the commentary of Śaṃkara. They take it
as stating the correct conclusion as against the above two prima facie
views regarding the relation between Brahman and the individual
soul. Hence the sūtra means: The relation between the two is to be
understood as before, i.e. as stated under the sūtra 3.2.25 (sūtra
3 2.26 in Bhāskara’s commentary), viz. the relation between light and
its limiting adjuncts, like fingers, etc.²
Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha
This is sūtra 28 in their commentaries. They too take it as stating
the correct conclusion as against the above two prima facie views
regarding the relation between the non-sentient and Brahman. They
point out that both the above alternatives lead Brahman Himself
to partake of the faults of the non-sentient world. Hence the correct
view of the relation between the two is the same as that mentioned
before under sūtras 2.3.42 and 2.3.45, in connection with the

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¹ Vide Br. Sū 2.1.25.
² Ś.B 3.2.29, p. 744, Bh. B. 3.2 30 (written as 3.2.29), p. 170.