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

[SŪ. 4. 2. 8.
818 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 5.]
Why? “On account of the designation of transmigratory existence”
up till release in the passage: “For him there is delay only so long I
am (=he is) not free; then I shall (=he will)¹ attain (Brahman)”
(Chānd. 6.14.2²).
Vedānta-kaustubha
“That” immortality is to be known as belonging to one who has
not his connection with the body and the rest burnt or completely
destroyed. Why? “On account of the designation of transmigra-
tory state up till entering,” in the passage: “For him there is delay
only so long I am (=he is) not free, then I shall (=he will) attain
Brahman” (Chānd. 6.14.2), “Having shaken off sin as the horse his
hairs, having shaken off the body as the moon frees itself from the
month of Rāhu, I, with the self obtained, pass into the uncreated
world of Brahman” (Chānd. 8.13). “Entering” means ‘attaining
the nature of Brahman’, and this takes place when one has reached a
particular region through the path beginning with light Prior to
that, the soul is subject to transmigratory existence.
COMPARISON
Śaṃkara and Bhāskara
Interpretation different. They begin a new adhikaraṇa here
(four sūtras), renewing the discussion left incomplete at the end of the
adhikaraṇa previous to the last. Thus, fire and other elements, in
which the soul has taken its abode, merge in the Highest Being. The
question is: What is meant by the term ‘merging’ here? It may be
suggested that it means absolute or complete merging, just like the
merging of a thing into its own material cause. The answer is: “(It
is only a relative merging and not absolute) since that (viz. the aggre-
gate of elements continues to exist) up till entering, (i.e. salvation),
on account of the designation of transmigratory existence”. That is,
the aggregate of elements or the subtle body in which the soul has
taken its abode, is not dissolved in Brahman at once at the time
of death, but accompanies one till the rise of perfect knowledge or
salvation.³

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¹ R. ² See V.K. 1.1.7.
³ Ś.B. 4.2.8, p. 916; Bh. B. 4.2.8, p. 229.