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

840 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 4. 3. 3.
ADH. 3.]
established that the air is to be placed in between the year and the
sun ¹
Here ends the section entitled "The air" (2).
COMPARISON
Śaṃkara and Bhāskara
They do not identify the world of gods with air, but take them to
be two separate places. Thus, according to them, the order is: light,
day, bright fortnight, six months of the northern progress of the
sun, year, world of gods, air, sun and so on.²
Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha
They interpret the phrase "aviśeṣa-viśeṣābhyām" differently,
i.e. take it to be stating the reasons why the world of gods is to be
identified with air, and not as stating the reasons why the air is to
be placed after the year and before the sun. Thus, the phrase
'world of gods' denotes 'air', because the compound 'world of gods'
generally implies the air which is the dwelling-place of gods; and
because Scripture specifically says that the soul comes to the air.³
Adhikarana 3: The section entitled "Varuna".
(Sūtra 3)
SŪTRA 3
"ABOVE LIGHTNING, VARUṆA, ON ACCOUNT OF CONNECTION. '
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
"Varuṇa," mentioned in the Kauṣītaki-text: "Having reached
this path of gods he comes to the world of fire, to the world of air,
¹ Thus, thirdly, we get the following order: light, day, bright fortnight,
six months of the northern progress of the sun, year, air, sun. Note the difference
from Śaṃkara's order.
² Ś.B. 4.3.2, pp. 949-950, Bh. B. 4.3.2, p. 234.
³ Śrī. B. 4.3.2, p. 451, Part 2, Śk. B 4.3 2, p. 472, Parts 10 and 11.