16 Mb. Colebrooke on the Philosophy of the Hindus. 



(dcds'a) within the ventricle of the heart be the etherial element, or the 

 individual sensitive soul, or the supreme one ; and it is pronounced from the 

 context, that the supreme being is here meant. 



' The sun shines not therein, nor the moon, nor stars ; much less this 

 fii-e. All shines after his effulgence (reflecting his light), by whose splendour 

 this whole (world) is illumined.'* In this passage it is no particular 

 luminary or mine of light, but the {prajnyd) intelligent soul (supreme 

 Bi-ahme) which shines witii no borrowed light. 



In the dialogue between Yama and Nachicetas, before cited, are the 

 following passages.t ' A person (purusha) no bigger than the thumb abides 

 in the midst of self ;' and again, ' the person no bigger than the thumb is 

 clear as a smokeless flame, lord of the past (present) and future ; he is to- 

 day and will be to-morrow : such is he (concerning whom you inquu-e).' 

 This is evidently said of the supreme ruler, not of the individual living 



soul. 



Another passage of the same upanishad t declares : ' this whole universe, 

 issuing from breath (prdria), moves as it impels : great, terrible, as a clap 

 of thunder. They, who know it, become immortal.' Brahme, not the 

 thunderbolt nor wind, is here meant. 



' The living soul {samprasada) rising from this corporeal frame, attains 

 the supreme light, and comes forth with his identical form.'§ It is neither 

 the light of the sun, nor the visual organ, but Brahme, that is here meant. 



' Ether (dcds'a) is the bearer (cause of bearing) of name and form. That, 

 in the midst of which they both are, is Brahme : it is immortality ; it 

 is soul.'ll A'cds'a here intends the supreme being, not tlie element so 

 named. 



In a dialogue between Yajnyawalcya and Janaca,^ in answer to an 

 inquiry ' which is the soul ?' the intelligent internal light within the heart is 

 declared to be so. This likewise is shown to relate to the supreme one, 

 unaffected by worldly course. 



It had been intimated in an early aphorism of the first chapter, that the 

 vedaSf being rightly interpreted, do concur in the same import, as there 



• Mun'd'aca, Br. Suir. 1. 3. § 6. (S. 22, 23.) f Cat'ha. 4. Br. Sutr. 1. 3. § 7. (S. 24, 25.) 



X Cat'ha, 6. Br. Sutr. 1. 3. § 10. (S. 39). 



§ Ch'handogya 8. Prajapatividya. Br. Sulr. 1. 3. § 11. (S. 40.) 



II lb. ad fijiem, Br. Sutr. 1. 3. § 12. (S. 41.) 



f Vrihad Aran'yaca, 6. Br. Sutr. 1. 3. § 13. (S. 42, 43.) 



