And on account of the context also the Eater is, Brahman. — 41.

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COMMENTARY

In the Katha Upanishad we read:

«More subtle than the subtle, greater than the great, the Atma is hidden in the heart of that creature. A man who is free from desires and free from grief, sees the majesty of the Self through the grace of the Creator».

This shows that the topic is that of the Supreme Self. The force of the word «And» in the Sutra is to indicate that the Smriti is also to the same effect, as says the Gita:

Thou art the Eater of worlds, of all that moves and stands; worthier of reverence than the Guru’s Self, there is none like to Thee.

Adhikarana III — The associate in the cave is Brahman

Vishaya: In the same Upanishad, Valli 3, verse 1, we read:

There are the two, drinking their reward in the world of their own works, entered into the cave (of the heart), dwelling on the highest summit (the ether in the heart).

Those who know Brahman call them shade and light; likewise, those householders who perform the Trinachiketa sacrifice.

Doubt: Now this text clearly refers to the Jiva who enjoys rewards of his works together with an associate coupled with it. And is this associate either Buddhi or the Plana or the Supreme Self?

Purvapaksha: The associate must be either the Buddhi or the Prana; for they being the organs of the Jiva and the instruments of the enjoying, it is possible for either of thorn to drink the «Rita» and thus share in the enjoyment of the fruit of works of the Jiva, while such enjoyment does not suit the Highest Self and in fact such enjoyment is prohibited with regard to the Highest Self. Therefore this associate of the Jiva must be either the Buddhi or the Prana, which somehow have been brought into connection with the enjoyment of the fruits of works.

Siddhanta: To this prima facie view, the author of the Sutra answers by the next aphorism, stating that the associate of the Jiva is the Supreme Self.

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