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at the same time teaches that the meditation through which Brahman is attained is of the nature of devotion (bhakti). Next the sloka I, 3, 1 'There are the two drinking their reward' shows that, as the object of devout meditation and the devotee abide together, meditation is easily performed. Then the section beginning' Know the Self to be him who drives in the chariot,' and ending' the wise say the path is hard' (I, 3, 3-14), teaches the true mode of meditation, and how the devotee reaches the highest abode of Vishnu; and then there is a final reference to the object to be reached in I, 3, 15, That which is without sound, without touch,' &c. It thus appears that there are references and questions regarding those three matters only; and hence the Unevolved' cannot mean the Pradhâna of the Sânkhyas.
7. And as in the case of the Great.'
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In the case of the passage Higher than the intellect is the Great Self,' we conclude from the co-ordination of 'the Great' with the Self that what the text means is not the 'Great' principle of the Sânkhyas; analogously we conclude that the 'Unevolved,' which is said to be higher than the Self, cannot be the Pradhana of Kapila's system.
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8. On account of there being no special characteristic; as in the case of the cup.
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In the discussion of the following passages also we aim only at refuting the system of the Sankhyas; not at disproving the existence and nature of Prakriti, the 'great' principle, the ahamkâra, and so on, viewed as dependent on Brahman. For that they exist in this latter relation is proved by Scripture as well as Smriti.-A text of the followers of the Atharvan runs as follows: Her who produces all effects, the non-knowing one, the unborn one, wearing eight forms, the firm one-she is known (by the Lord) and ruled by him, she is spread out and incited and ruled by him, gives birth to the world for the benefit of the souls. A cow she is without beginning and end, a mother producing all beings; white, black, and red, milking all wishes for the Lord. Many babes unknown drink her, the impartial one;
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