between Mandana on the one hand and Sankara and Suresvara on the other, in the interpretation of the Sutra “Sarupaksh ca yjadisruthrayawat." A careful investigation of those sections of the Brahmasiddh , in which Mandana discusses the relation between jawa karma and and the nature of ligamukti, would make it clear that his commentators ge and Amalananda 'भ are right taking upon Sankara in him as aninmadverting 's views and rejecting them. It is clear in almost every section of Suresvara's Naikarasiddli and Vartike that he would consider it a sacrilege on his part or on the part of any other advaitin to treat Sarikara's views on certain questions in the nmanner in which Mandana has done. It should be remembered here that Suresvara avows it to be his chief task to interpret, amplify and vindicate the thoughts of his Divine Master Sankara, while Mandana plays the role of a perfectly independent advaitice teacher throughout his Brahsidha It is also noteworthy thatin the interpretation of what may be regarded as the pivotal aphorism of the Vedanta system "Tht 4 semanuay Mandana does not care to follow Sakara and wants us to take the word "*t" to indicate the difference between Dharma and Brahmaand the word'samazaya ' in the sense of the interrelation of the meanings of words Mandana's interpretation 3 of the oft-quoted Mundaka text "Voltaijmasmiscitart/.&rx is conmpletely at variance with Sankara's interpretation of the same text and bears testimony to the striking contrast between Mandana and Suresvara in respect of their attitude towards Sarikara. In the bhasya on the Munda. kopanisad, Sarikara takes 3 this nmantra-as referring to Jidamukas
who have renounced all karma and firmly stand on sainyisa and
99 Part II, p. 464, ins 9 to 24
मगवत्पादीयमतमुपन्यस्यति---ये त्विति । तदूषयति--तदिति ।समयपाल
ए, Kapataru, N.S.P.; PP. 958-959
भाष्ये स्थितप्रज्ञलक्षणनिर्देशो जीवन्मुक्तिसाधक उक्तः; तत्र स्थित- प्रज्ञः साधकं न साक्षात्कारवनिति एडनमिश्नरुक्तं दूषणमुद्धरति स्थितप्रज्ञ श्चेति ।
a Nai. s., p. 8, I, 5; pp. 20, 20, 205, IV, 74, 26 and 77, Brahd. VarParl । verse ; Part II, PP. Mor to o73 verses a t० 25.
i Bra. Sid, Part I, p. 55 line 8to re
तय च ततु समन्वयात्’ इति चोदनालक्षणाद्धर्मात् तुशब्देन विशेष्यं बल समन्वयगम्यमुक्तम् । समन्वयो हि पदार्थानां संसरों विनियोगः; ततो मल गम्यते न चोदनात इत्यर्थः ।
Bra. Sid. Part I, P. 3; lines 3 to 47.
and Bb, on 3-6.
