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

[SŪ. 3. 3. 30.
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which are marks of his connection with the body and so on, not
brought about by karmas, is found in the following scriptural texts.
"Stainless, he attained the highest equality" (Muṇḍ 3.1 3), "Having
attained the form of highest light, he is completed in his own form"
(Chānd. 8.3.4; 8.12.3), "He roams about there, laughing, playing,
enjoying" (Chānd. 8.12.3), "He becomes a self-ruler, he comes to
wander at will in all the worlds" (Chānd 7.25.1), "He becomes one-
fold, he becomes three-fold" (Chānd 7 26.2) and so on. That is,
just as in ordinary life, a royal servant attains his ends through the
grace of the king, though he himself is unable to accomplish them
through his own efforts, so through the grace of the Highest Person,
the knower obtains a supremely wonderful body and so on, not brought
about by karmas. The intention is this: when through the influences
of vidyā, the knower, whose karmas have decayed, comes to attain
a wonderful body and the rest,—not brought about by karmas,—
why should not vidyā, for the sake of bestowing its own fruit,
viz. the attainment of Brahman, cause the subtle body to persist
through its own power in order to enable him to go through the path
of gods, even on the complete decay of all karmas and of the gross
body which is the means of enjoying pleasures and pain? The
sense is this. The subtle body continues up to the soul's reaching
the river Virajā, and immediately after that merges in the cause (viz
Brahman). This (the author) will state under the aphorism: "Those
in the Highest, for so (Scripture) says" (Br. Sū. 4.2.14). Hence it is
established that there is the decay of all karmas at the time of the
soul's separation from the final body.
Here ends the section entitled 'The passing away' (12).
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara
Interpretation absolutely different,—viz. "(The view that the
going through the path of gods holds good in some cases only and not
universally is) appropriate, on account of finding a purpose charac-
terized thereby (i.e. a purpose for going)". That is, only those who
meditate on the qualified Brahman go through the path of gods to
attain Brahman, for in their case only, such a going has any meaning
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