PÂDA II.

Adhik. I (1-8) shows that the being which consists of mind, whose body

is breath, &c., mentioned in Ch. Up. III, 14, is not the individual

soul, but Brahman. The Sûtras of this adhikara/n/a emphatically dwell on

the difference of the individual soul and the highest Self, whence

/S/a@nkara is obliged to add an explanation--in his comment on Sûtra

6--to the effect that that difference is to be understood as not real,

but as due to the false limiting adjuncts of the highest Self.--The

comment of Râmânuja throughout closely follows the words of the Sûtras;

on Sûtra 6 it simply remarks that the difference of the highest Self

from the individual soul rests thereon that the former as free from all

evil is not subject to the effects of works in the same way as the soul

is [7].--Adhik. II (9, 10) decides that he to whom the Brahmans and

Kshattriyas are but food (Ka/th/a. Up. I, 2, 25) is the highest

Self.--Adhik. III (11, 12) shows that the two entered into the cave

(Ka/th/a Up. I, 3, 1) are Brahman and the individual soul[8].--Adhik. IV

(13-17) shows that the person within the eye mentioned in Ch. Up. IV,

15, 1 is Brahman.--Adhik. V (18-20) shows that the ruler within

(antarâymin) described in B/ri/. Up. III, 7, 3 is Brahman. Sûtra 20

clearly enounces the difference of the individual soul and the Lord;

hence /S/a@nkara is obliged to remark that that difference is not

real.--Adhik. VI (21-23) proves that that which cannot be seen, &c,

mentioned in Mu/nd/aka Up. I, 1, 3 is Brahman.--Adhik. VII (24-32) shows

that the âtman vai/s/vânara of Ch. Up. V, 11, 6 is Brahman.

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