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

[SŪ. 3. 3. 30.
638 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 12.]
Śrīkaṇṭha
For Śrīkaṇṭha interpretation, see under the previous sūtra. This
is sūtra 29 in his commentary.
Baladeva
This is sūtra 31 in his commentary. He takes it as constituting
an adhikaraṇa by itself, concerned with indicating which of the two
paths of meditation—viz. meditation on God, the sweet and medi-
tation on God, the majestic—is the higher. Hence the sūtra: "(The
devotee who meditates on God, the sweet) has attained superiority
('upapanna') on account of obtaining an object having that charac-
teristic (viz the Lord who is devoted to such a devotee), as in ordinary
life". That is, just as a person through his love and loyalty for the
king brings him under his control, i e. pleases him, so the devotee
who meditates on the Lord as the sweet brings the Lord under his
control, i.e. wins over his favour ¹
Thus, according to Nimbārka, Śaṁkara, Rāmānuja and Bhās-
kara, there is a complete decay of the karmas of a knower at the time
of his departure from the body, while according to Śrīkaṇṭha, there
is the decay of some works then, the rest coming to decay when the
soul has crossed over the river Virajā. Baladeva does not raise the
problem at all.
Again, while Nimbārka, Rāmānuja, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha hold
that the going through the path of gods is obligatory for all knowers,
Śaṁkara holds that it is obligatory only for those who meditate on
the qualified Brahman, but never for those who know the non-qualified
Brahman.
¹ G.B. 3.3.31, pp. 161-162, Chap. 3. "Loke yathā sarvādhikasyāpi
rājñaḥ sva-janānuvṛtti-rasikasya kaścij janas tad eka-hitanipuṇas taṃ svā-
dhīnaṃ kurvan praśasyate tad-vat."