The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c6.s8.t2.14

c6.s8.t2.14

It is true that it is said in the higher knowledge also: "this is to be seen!" (above p. 174). But the command here only means that it is to be brought before the eyes, and made the object of attention, not that it is to be known (p. 818, 7). Whether the latter happens or not, does not depend on a command, but on the quality of the object and the capacity for knowledge (p. 818, 12). If this were not so, if knowledge depended on will, it would be inexplicable that any one should go astray (p. 819, 1); but it depends not on the man, but on the object, and can, therefore, not be commanded (p. 819, 4).