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[sū. 3. 3. 7.
ADH. 2.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 587
(We, i.e the prima facie objectors, reply.) "no", because in the
texts: '"Let us overcome (the demons) by the udgītha"' (Bṛh. 1.3.1),
"They took the udgītha, (thinking) 'With this we shall kill them'"
(Chānd. 1.2.1), the udgītha alone appears to be the object to be medi-
tated on. Nor can it be said that this difference of case-endings
would make them differ in major points¹ In the text: '"Sing the
udgītha for us"' (Bṛh. 1.3.7), the udgītha which is really an object is
said to be a subject figuratively
COMPARISON
Baladeva
This is sūtra 7 in his commentary He does not take it to be
setting forth a prima facie view, and does not begin a new adhikaraṇa
here, but continues the topic of the coalescence of the different attri-
butes of the Lord. Hence the sūtra. "If it be objected that the con-
trary is the case (i.e. all the attributes of the Lord are not to be combined
while meditating on Him), (we reply.) no, on account of non-specifi-
cation, (i.e because there is no specific text to the effect)".²
CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtras 7-9)
SŪTRA 7
"OR (THERE IS) NO (SAMENESS OF THE VIDYĀS), ON ACCOUNT OF
THE DIFFERENCES OF THE SUBJECT-MATTERS, AS IN THE CASE OF
BEING HIGHER THAN THE HIGH."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
With regard to it we reply:
The vidyās are not identical. Having begun by designating
the praṇava, which is a part of the udgītha, as the object to be wor-
shipped, in the text: "Let one meditate on the syllable 'Om' as the
¹ E.g. the war between the gods and the demons; the approach of the
gods to speech, eye, ear and mind; the successful attempt of the demons to
corrupt them, their unsuccessful attempt to corrupt the chief vital-breath; the
final overcoming of the demons by the chief vital-breath as the udgītha, etc.
² G.B. 3.3.7, pp. 120-121, Chap. 3.
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