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Vyaptescha samanjasam
III.3.9 (368)
And because (OM) extends (over
the whole of the Vedas), (to specialise it by the term 'Udgitha')
is appropriate.
Vyapteh: because (OM) extends (over the whole of the Vedas); Cha:
and; Samanjasam: is appropriate, consistent, justifiable.
Sutra 7 is elaborated here.
In the Sruti 'Omityetadaksharamudgithamupasita', the use of the
word Udgitha as Viseshana, i.e., adjective of OM is appropriate, because
OM by itself is pervasive in all Srutis and should not be understood
here in its general sense.
In the passage "Let a man meditate on the syllable OM as the Udgitha",
the two words 'Omkara' and 'Udgitha', are placed in coordination. The
question then arises whether the relation in which the ideas conveyed
by these two words stand to each other is the relation of superimposition
(Adhyasa) or sublation (Apavada) or unity (Ekatva) or specification
(Viseshana).
The word 'and' stands here in place of 'but' and is meant to discard
the three other alternatives. The fourth is to be adopted. The fourth
and correct view is that the one is Viseshana (an adjective) to the
other as in the words Nila-Utpala (blue lotus). The passage means that
Udgitha is the Viseshana of Omkara. The appropriate view of the Chhandogya
passage is to take the word Udgitha as specialising the term 'Omkara'.
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