And because it is a settled convention to describe Brahman as ether, therefore, the small ether of Dahara must mean Brahman. — 81.

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SUTRA I. 3. 17.

प्रसिद्धेश्च॥१.३.१७॥

prasiddheśca ..1.3.17..

… Prasiddheh, because of the settled (meaning). ..Cha, and.

17. And because it is a settled convention to describe Brahman as ether, therefore, the small ether of Dahara must mean Brahman. — 81.

COMMENTARY

The word ‘Akasha’ is known to have, among other meanings, that of Brahman, also; as we find in the Taitr. Up., II, 7. «For who could breathe, who could breathe forth, if that ether (Akasha) were not bliss?»

Doubt: An objector says: This Dahara or small ether may refer to the Jiva, because immediately after the word Dahara, we find the description of the Jiva given in the above passage. It says:

«Thus does that released soul (Samprasada), having risen from this body and approached the highest light, appears in its own form. That is Self», he said. «That is the immortal, the fearless, this is Brahman». (Chh. Up., VIII, 3, 4).

This objection is answered by the author in the next Sutra.

SUTRA I. 3. 18.

इतरपरामर्शात् स इति चेन्नासम्भवात्॥१.३.१८॥

itaraparāmarśāt sa iti cennāsambhavāt ..1.3.18..

.. Itara, the other one, that is the Jiva. … Paramarshat, on account of reference. ..Sah, he; that is, the Jiva. … Iti, thus. …. Chet, if. .. Na, not. .. Asambhavat, on account of impossibility.

18. If it be objected, that there is a reference to the other, namely, the Jiva, in the Dahara passage; and therefore, it means Jiva; we say no, because it is impossible that the epithets applied to Dahara should apply to the Jiva. — 82.

COMMENTARY

Though there is u reference to the Jiva in the middle of that passage, yet looking to the beginning and the end, and all other epithets applied to Dahara, we cannot say that it refers to Jiva. The eight epithets applied to Dahara in Chhandogya Upanishad VIII, 7. 3., cannot apply to the Jiva, namely, the epithets like free from sin, free from decay, etc.

Let it be so. The attributes free from sin, free from decay, free from death, etc., mentioned in VII, 7. 1, can easily be applied to the Jiva, because the Chap. VIII, shows that the whole teaching of Prajapati refers to the Jiva only. India had heard that Prajapati had declared that there is a self free from sin, old age, etc., and so he goes to Prajapati to enquire about this Self. Therefore, these eight attributes of the Atman given in VIII, 7. 1, may apply to the Jiva, and consequently the Dahara mentioned before, may be the Jiva. This doubt is removed by the author in the following Sutra:

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