वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[SŪ. 3. 2. 41.
574 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 8.]
should perform sacrifices" (Tait. Saṃ. 2.5.5) and so on, never
assert that Karma is the giver of fruits independently. On the
contrary, these texts instigate men to Karmas such as, worship of
the deity, that lead to heaven. But Bādarāyaṇa thinks that
the giver of fruits like enjoyment and salvation is "the former",
i.e the Highest Self, the soul of all, omniscient, mentioned above.
Why? "On account of the designation of (Him as) the cause,"
i.e. because the Highest Self alone is designated as the cause, as
the instigator of actions and as the giver of fruits by a mass of
scriptural texts like "For he alone makes one, whom he wishes to
lead up from these worlds, do good deed" (Kauṣ. 3.8), "In
consequence of good work, it leads to a holy world" (Praśna 3.7),
"He is attainable by one alone whom he chooses" (Kaṭha
2.23; Muṇḍ. 3.2.3) and so on, as well as by a group of Smṛti
passages like: "'And he attains his desires from him, the benefits
are decreed by me alone'" (Gītā 7.22) '"I give that connection with
intellect whereby they come to me'" (Gītā 10.10) and so on. Hence
it is established that the fruit arises from this.
Here ends the section entitled "The fruit" (8).
Here ends the second quarter of third chapter in the holy Vedānta-
kaustubha, a commentary on the Śārīrakamīmāṃsā, by the
reverend teacher Śrīnivāsa.
Résumé
The second quarter of the third chapter contains.—
(1) 41 sūtras and 8 adhikaraṇas, according to Nimbārka;
(2) 41 sūtras and 8 adhikaraṇas, according to Śaṃkara;
(3) 40 sūtras and 8 adhikaraṇas, according to Rāmānuja;
(4) 41 sūtras and 7 adhikaraṇas, according to Bhāskara;
(5) 40 sūtras and 9 adhikaraṇas, according to Śrīkaṇṭha,
(6) 42 sūtras and 19 adhikaraṇas, according to Baladeva.
Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha take sūtras 20 and 21 in Nimbārka's
commentary as one sūtra. Bhāskara omits sūtra 34 in Nimbārka's
commentary, while sūtra 15 in Bhāskara's commentary is not found
in Nimbārka's. Baladeva breaks sūtra 25 in Nimbārka's commentary
into two separate sūtras.