Śaṅkaraon Brahma Sūtra 2.3.33

In connexion with the doctrine that tlie soul possesses for its essence the qualities of the buddhi, another attribute of the soul is set — forth. The individual soul is an agent, because thus scripture has a purport. For only on that assumption scriptural injunctions (such as ‘ He is to sacrifice,* ' He is to make an oblation into the fire,* ‘ He is to give,* &c.) acquire a purport ; otherwise they would be purport- less. For they all teach special acts to be done by agents ; which would not be possible if the soul did not possess the quality of being an agent.— On that supposition a meaning belongs to the following passage also, ‘ For it is he who sees, hears, perceives, conceives, acts, he the person whose Self is knowledge * (Pr. Up. IV, 9).