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भूतप्राणयोरन्तराले इन्द्रियग्राममनसी क्रमेणोत्पद्येते इत्येतत्परमिदं वाक्यम्–“खं वायुज्योतिरापः' इत्यादि, श्रुत्यन्तरप्राप्तक्रमप्रत्यभि 'ज्ञानरूपालिङ्गात्'1 । अत इदमपि पारंपर्यक्रमपरमिति चेत्; न, “ एतस्माज्जायते ' इत्यस्य प्राणादिपृथिव्यन्तेषु सर्वेषु प्रत्येकमन्वयाविशेषात् । अतस्तेजःप्रभृतीनामपि साक्षात्परमात्मैव कारणम् ॥

तत्तेज ऐक्षत' इति तेजःप्रभृतिशब्दा लोके तत्तद्वस्तुवाचिनो ब्रह्मणि भाक्ता इत्यत्राह-

owing to the particular mark ; we say , not so , on account of non-difference. That between the vital wind (Prana) and elements are produced the sense-organs and mind, is taught in the text- ' The spatial ether, the wind, the fire and the water,' (Mund2-1-3), because the recognition of the order mentioned in the other Sruti passage. Therefore this text also states the creation in certain order with mediation. It is not so ; because the statement, ' From Him is produced ' (Mund 2-1-3), is common in regard to the creation of the substances beginning with the vital-wind and ending with the earth. Therefore the Highest Self only is the direct cause of fire, etc

In the statements ' The fire thought ', etc.' the words,Fire, etc., refer to the well-known popular fire etc. They are used in secondary sense in the case of the Brahman. To this objection the reply is stated thus :-

1श्रुतिप्रत्यभिज्ञानरूपाल्लिङ्गात् A 1. Pr.)