न 1ज्ञानात्मनोर्व्यतिरेक इत्यत्राह-
व्यतिरेको गन्धवत्; तथाच दर्शयति ॥ २७॥
' गन्धवती पृथिवी ' इतिवत् ' अहं जानामि ' इति गुणत्वेनोपलब्धेर्व्यतिरेकोऽस्ति । दर्शयति च श्रुतिर्व्यतिरेकम्- ' जानात्येवायं पुरुषः ' इति ॥
पृथगुपदेशात् ॥ २८ ॥
' The elements of being are fixed on the elements of intellegence (kaus.III-9). On the objection that the knowledge and the self are not distinct entities from each other, the answer is stated thus :-
27. Vyatireko gandhavat; tathaca darsayati
There is distinction as in the case of the smell ; thus scripture declares. There is distinction between the knowledge and the self; because the knowledge is apprehended as the attribute of the self, in the notion, ' I know '. This is similar to the smell, which is known as a quality of the earth by the notion ' the earth has the smell '. The scriptural text, namely, ' This person knows ' also proves this.
28. Pruthagupadesat
It is so on account of the scriptural statement as different.
1ज्ञानादात्मनः M 1.
