The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c6.s3.t5.5

c6.s3.t5.5

But in direct contradiction to this interpretation, (which is to be applied when the subject is resumed 3, 3, 11—13) another explanation of the Upanishad passage is introduced at the end of our extract by the words: "Here, however, the following is to be noted," (p. 122, 9) explaining that the interpretation of -maya as "consisting of" and then as "having the fulness,” is as inconsequent as if one had only half-digested his food,⁷² and then, entering into the discussion, declares that it is not by the “self of bliss” that Brahman is to be understood, but only by that which is indicated as “its support, its basis;” the self of bliss is not yet the kernel, but only the inmost shell, of which, therefore, we should have counted not four but five (p. 123, 10: annamaya-âdaya’ ânandamaya-paryan-tâh pañca koçâh kalpyante). In conclusion, the representative of this opinion gives an explanation—extremely forced—of the sûtras in his sense.