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[SŪ. 3. 4. 9.
ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 721
"The lord of matter and souls" (Śvet. 6.16), "The word which all
the Vedas record" (Kaṭha 2.15), '"I ask that Person taught in the
Upaniṣads"' (Bṛh. 3 9.26), '"I am the source of all, everything
originates from me"' (Gītā 10.8), '"There is nothing else higher than
me, O Dhanañjaya"' (Gītā 7 7), '"And by all the Vedas I alone am
to be known"' (Gītā 15 15) and so on
COMPARISON
Baladeva
He interprets the sūtra thus
"But on account of the teaching (of vidyā as) more than (or
superior to) (karma)—" ¹
CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued)
SŪTRA 9
"BUT THE SCRIPTURAL DECLARATION IS EQUAL."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
"The scriptural declaration,"—viz.: '"For what purpose shall
we study, for what purpose shall we perform sacrifices"' ² and so
on,—establishing that knowledge is not a subsidiary part of work, is
of equal weight.
Vedānta-kaustubha
To the objection, viz.: "On account of conduct being seen"
(Br. Sū. 3.4.3), knowledge is a subsidiary part of work,—we reply:
"The scriptural declaration" of the non-performance of works
by knowers, establishing that knowledge is not a subsidiary part
of action, is of equal weight, such as: "Knowing this, forsooth, the
sages descended from Kavaṣa said: 'For what purpose shall we study,
for what purpose shall we perform sacrifices?'", "Knowing this,
1 G.B. 3.4.8, pp. 240-241, Chap. 1.
2 Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B.