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704 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 3. 58.
ADH. 25.]
are optional, since any one of them leads to release. Hence, the
devotee should choose one form and stick to it.¹
SŪTRA 58
“BUT (THE MEDITATIONS BRINGING ABOUT) OBJECTS OF DESIRE
MAY BE COMBINED TOGETHER OR NOT AT WILL, ON ACCOUNT OF
THE ABSENCE OF THE FORMER REASON.”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
There is no restriction with regard to the performance of (medita-
tions) having results other than the attainment of Brahman, “on
account of the absence of the former reason”, which involves such a
restriction.
Vedānta-kaustubha
This aphorism supplies a counter-instance with a view to confirm-
ing the stated view.
“But the (meditations leading to) objects of desire,” i.e. the
symbolic meditations having results other than the attainment of
Brahman, set forth in the texts: “Verily, he who meditates on Name
as Brahman comes to have freedom of movement as far as Name goes”
(Chānd. 7.1.5), “He who knows this wind thus as the child of the quar-
ters, mourns not for a son” (Chānd. 3.15.2) and so on, “may be com-
bined together or not at will”, like the sacrificial acts which bring about
heaven and the rest as results. Why ? “On account of the absence of
the former reason,” i.e. on account of their not having the same result.
Hence it is established that just as (the meditations) which have
results other than the attainment of Brahman are to be undertaken
at one’s will, without any restriction, by those who aim at those
results, so, contrarily to them, (the meditations) which have the
attainment of Brahman as their result are to be undertaken optionally
by one who desires for salvation, as all these meditations produce
the very same result.
Here ends the section entitled “Option” (25).
¹ G.B. 3.3.61, p. 226, Chap. 3.