The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c8.s3.t1.6
The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c8.s3.t1.6
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c8.s3.t1.6
However this view of the soul as a part of Brahman is not to be taken strictly, for Brahman has no parts (p. 685, 7); and the case is the same with the passages in which the soul appears as different from Brahman (p. 685, 9); for it is taught on the other hand that all souls, as they have entered “into the complex of organs formed of names and shapes” (*nâma-rûpa-kṛita-kârya-karaṇa-saṅghâta*, i. e. the body), are Brahman Himself (p. 686, 5). Not even the lowest creatures are to be excepted here, as a verse of the Brahman song of the *Atharvanikas* (not found in our collection of Atharva songs) says: