99. [I answer] A thorough Vedantin like thee does not accept any
where the existence of qualities or that which possesses qualities;
but if imagined qualities are done away with [by deeper insight],
real qualities are nowhere done away with [Footnote: Clearer insight
abolishes imagined attributes, as __e. g.__ the supposed snake in
the rope; but real attributes remain untouched, and we hold
Brahman's attributes to be real.--I read __abadha.h__ in I. 2.].

100. If Brahman is understood to be destitute of qualities, then
"truth," etc., will not be applicable to Him; but, if so, there
arises a contradiction in such passages [of Sruti] as "he is the
truthful," etc. [Footnote: I do not know where this passage occurs,
but the kindred word __satyadharman__ is applied to several deities
in the Rigveda.]

101. When the existence of such a thing as a quality is admitted,
we can imagine it in something else [Footnote: The Vedantins hold
that nothing exists besides Brahman; and yet, although they thus
deny the existence of any other thing or quality, they hold that
certain qualities are imagined to exist in him, forgetting that
only one who has seen silver can imagine __rajatatva__ in nacre.];
but to imagine that nacre is silver, we must first know clearly
what silver is.

102. This universe is based on the soul as its site, being imagined
in it by ignorance; some teachers would describe it as an illusory
emanation [Footnote: It is a favourite doctrine of the Vedanta that
ignorance, as being imagined by ignorance, is itself false.]; but
this is not a pleasing doctrine to me.