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"Where a consistent unity between them is
seen to exist, the upakrama and the upasamhara
(the commencing and concluding portions) must
be regarded as referring to the same topic,-as,
if they refer to different topics, it implies a breach
in the unity of the context. Where, on the other
hand, no unity is seen to exist, the sentence
which refers to a different topic has its own
special significance, and what has preceded it has
no importance whatever in relation to it."
If we bear these remarks in mind, the fact
that the major portion of the last three padas of
the fourth Adhyaya and the last sutra of the same
do not refer to the Unconditioned Brahman need
not frighten us. As the whole work refers to it,
and as this has been proved in the beginning of
the work, there is no harm if the concluding
parts do not also refer to it. All that is wanted
is to bring the concluding part into consistency
and unity with the context. In the present case,
the concluding padas and the concluding sutra are
known to describe the state of him who has the
knowledge of the lower Brahman (Hiranyagar-
bha) and can be brought into definite relation
with the higher and unconditioned Brahman.
"Where a consistent unity between them is
seen to exist, the upakrama and the upasamhara
(the commencing and concluding portions) must
be regarded as referring to the same topic,-as,
if they refer to different topics, it implies a breach
in the unity of the context. Where, on the other
hand, no unity is seen to exist, the sentence
which refers to a different topic has its own
special significance, and what has preceded it has
no importance whatever in relation to it."
If we bear these remarks in mind, the fact
that the major portion of the last three padas of
the fourth Adhyaya and the last sutra of the same
do not refer to the Unconditioned Brahman need
not frighten us. As the whole work refers to it,
and as this has been proved in the beginning of
the work, there is no harm if the concluding
parts do not also refer to it. All that is wanted
is to bring the concluding part into consistency
and unity with the context. In the present case,
the concluding padas and the concluding sutra are
known to describe the state of him who has the
knowledge of the lower Brahman (Hiranyagar-
bha) and can be brought into definite relation
with the higher and unconditioned Brahman.