अशब्दम् आनुमानिकं प्रधानम् । न तत् वेदान्तवेद्यम् । कुतः ? ईक्षतेः। 'सदेव सोम्येदमग्र आसीदेकमेवाद्वितीयम्' इति प्रस्तुतजगत्कारण- व्यापारवाचिन ईक्षतेर्धातोः श्रवणात्' तदैक्षत बहु स्याम्' इति ॥
गौणश्चेन्नात्मशब्दात् ॥ ६ ॥
तत्तेज ऐक्षत' इत्याद्यचेतनेऽपि वस्तुनीक्षतिः श्रूयते । स हि तत्र गौणः । एवमत्रापि प्रधान एवेक्षतिर्गौण इति चेत् ;नैतदुपपद्यतें, प्रस्तुते
That which is not capable of being revealed by the scripture alone, is meant here by the term As'abda i.e. Anu-manika that which is established by the process of logical inference, i.e. the Pradhana. The meaning is that the Pradhana, is not apprehended by the Vedanta. Why? Because the root Iks (to see, i.e. to think) is used. That is because the root, Iks is used in the scriptural passage ' It thought May I become manifold and be born' (Chand. VI.2.3) to denote the activity of the universal cause; closely related to what is stated in the text, 'Existence alone, my dear boy, was in the beginning, one only without a second' (Chand. VI-2-1).
6. Gaunas'chennatmasadat.
. If it be said that it (viz. the root lks), is used here in a figurative sense, it cannot be so; because there is the word Atman (mentioned in the context).
In the scriptural statement' That fire thought' (Chand. VI-2-3) the root Iks is used in conection with the action of the non-intelligent substance also. The root apparently is there used in a figurative sense. Likewise in the case of the Pradhana also, the root Iks is used in a figurative
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