^257:3 Both MSS. (A. and B.) read aragramatro by avaro 'pi drishthah.

^257:4 An expression of frequent occurrence in Buddhist literature.

^257:5 A. and B. read yugyate. A. explains yugyate by sambadhyate. B. explains adyate bhakshyate tirobhutah kriyate. Sankara explains rakshyate, samrakshyate, tattaddharman atmany adhyasyabhimanyate.

^257:6 The MSS. vary considerably. Instead of mohair, A. and B. read homair. They read grasambuvrishtya katma. A. reads atmavivriddhiganma, B. atmanivriddhaganma. A. has abhisamprapadye, B. abhisamprapadyate. My translation follows Sankara, who seems to have read atmavivriddhiganma, taking the whole line as a simile and in an adverbial form. Vignanatman, however, differs considerably. He reads homaih, and explains homa as the act of throwing oblations into the fire, as in the Agnihotra. This action of the hands, he thinks, stands for all actions of the various members of the body. Grasambuvrishti he takes to mean free distribution of food and drink, and then explains the whole sentence by 'he whose self is born unto some states or declines from them again, namely, according as he has showered food and drink, and has used his hands, eyes, feelings, and thoughts.' Sankarananda takes a similar view, only he construes sankalpanam and sparsanam as two drishtis, te eva drishti, tayor atmagnau prakshepa homah; and then goes on, na kevalam etaih, kim tv asmin sthane sarire grasambuvrishtya ka. He seems to read atmavivriddhaganma, but afterwards explains vivriddhi by vividha vriddhih.

^258:1 Forms as high as Hiranyagarbha or as low as beasts.

^258:2 Instead of aparo, B. reads avaro, but explains aparo.

^258:3 Cf. III, 7; IV, 14, 16.

^258:4 Nida is explained as the body, but Sankarananda reads anilakhyam, who is called the wind, as being pranasya pranam, the breath of the breath.

^259:1 Sankara explains kalasargakaram by he who creates the sixteen kalas, mentioned by the Atharvanikas, beginning with prana, and ending with naman; see Prasna Up. VI, 4. Vignanatman suggests two other explanations, 'he who creates by means of the kala, i.e. his inherent power;' or 'he who creates the Vedas and other sciences.' The sixteen kalas are, according to Sankarananda, prana, sraddha, kha, vayu, gyotih, ap, prithivi, indriya, manah, anna, virya, tapah, mantra, karman, kala (?), naman. See also before, I, 4.