126 Veddnta-Sara, or Essence of the VM&nta. [No. 158. 



one, are the literal meaning of the term, thou; the all-pervading bless- 

 ed, fourth, supreme soul, being the place of support, in which the 

 properties of that (speciality) are inherent, is the designable (real) 

 meaning of the term, thou. 



III. Connexion. — The meaning of the great sentence will now be 

 explained. The sentence : that art thou, explains the true signification 

 of the infinite Bramha by the three categories of relation. The three 

 categories are : 1, the relation of what is identical in these two terms; 

 2, the relation of what is distinguishable and distinguishing (subject 

 and predicate) in the meaning of them ; 3, the relation of what is 

 designable and what is designing in the meaning of those terms, viz. 

 the universal and the single soul ; for it is said, " that the identifica- 

 tion, the fixing of what is distinguishable and distinguishing, and the 

 relation between what is designable and designing explain the meaning 

 of the terms of the single and universal soul." 



1. The category of identification; as in the sentence, that is this 

 Devadatta, the term that, which refers to Devadatta, as being in a 

 past time, and the term this, which refers to Devadatta, as being in 

 the present time, (both terms) design the connexion in one and the 

 same place ; thus also in the great sentence, " that art thou," both 

 terms, viz. the term of that, which means the soul, as having the attri- 

 butes of invisibility, &c. and the term of thou, which means the soul, 

 as having the attributes of visibility, &c, design the connexion in one 

 and the same soul. 



2. The category of what is distinguishable and what is distinguish- 

 ing (subject and predicate) ; as in the former sentence, (that is this 

 Devadatta) the meaning of the term that, which refers to Devadatta, 

 as being in a past time, and the term this, which refers to Devadatta, 

 as being in the present time, both come into the relation of what is 

 distinguishable and distinguishing by the annihilation of their mutual 

 differences; thus also in the great sentence both terms, viz. the term 

 that, which means the soul, as having the attributes of invisibility, 

 &c, and the term thou, which means the soul, as having the attributes 

 of visibility, &c. come into the relation of what is distinguishable and 

 distinguishing by annihilation of their mutual differences. 



3. The category of what is designable and what is designing, as in 

 the same sentence, (that is this Devadatta) the relation of the design- 



