भेदव्यपदेशाच्च ॥ १७ ॥
bhedavyapadeśācca || 17 ||
bhedavyapadeśāt—On account of the declaration of difference; ca—and.
17. And on account of the declaration of difference (between the two, i.e. the one referred to in the passage, “The self consisting of bliss” etc. and the individual soul, the latter cannot be the one referred to in the passage).
That which is referred to in the passage, “The self consisting of bliss” etc. is said to be of the essence of flavour, attaining which the individual soul is blissful.
“It (That which is referred to in the passage, “The self consisting of bliss” etc.) is flavour; only after attaining (this essence of) flavour is this (soul) blissful” (Taitt. 2. 7).
Now that which is attained and the attainer cannot be the same. So the individual soul is not referred to in that passage under discussion.