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[sū. 3. 3. 51.
ADH. 21 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 691
The answer is: “On account of what follows (i e. the immediately
following text ¹), the being of that kind of the word (is established),
(there is) the mention (of grace in the passage), on the other hand,
on account of preponderance (i.e. because the grace of the Lord is
the most predominating factor in attaining salvation)”. That is,
the Muṇḍaka-text does imply that devotion is the cause of a direct
vision of the Lord, and the latter a cause of emancipation, for the
grace or choice by the Lord is not arbitrary, but is determined by the
devotion of men ²
Adhikaraṇa 21: The section entitled “Exist-
ence in the body”. (Sūtras 51-52)
PRIMA FACIE VIEW (Sūtra 51)
SŪTRA 51
“SOME (HOLD THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL IS TO BE MEDITATED
ON IN ITS STATE OF BONDAGE), ON ACCOUNT OF THE EXISTENCE
(OF SUCH A SOUL) IN THE BODY.”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
At the time of meditation, the individual soul is to be meditated
on in its state of bondage, on account of the existence of such a soul
alone “in the body”—so “some” (think).
Vedānta-kaustubha
Immediately above, an investigation has been undertaken into
the fires piled up by the mind and so on as forming subsidiary parts
of a sacrifice consisting in meditation. Now, the question is being
considered, viz. in what form is the individual soul too, entitled to
its fruit, to be sought for at the time of meditation ?
The doubt is as to whether at the time of meditation, the individual
soul is to be conceived of simply in its state of bondage,—i.e. in the
form of a knower, a doer, an enjoyer and the rest,—or in its state of
1 “Nāyamātmā vala-hīnena labhyah”, etc.
2 G.B. 3.3.54, pp. 214 ff., Chap. 3.