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[SŪ. 4. 3. 14.
852 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 5.]
CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtras 14-15)
SŪTRA 14
“LEADS THEM WHO DO NOT DEPEND ON SYMBOLS—SO BĀDARĀYAṆA
(HOLDS) ON ACCOUNT OF FAULT IN BOTH WAYS, AND WHOSE IN-
TENTION IS THAT ”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
The troupe of light and the rest “leads those who do not depend
on symbols”,—i.e. those who meditate on the Highest Brahman, as
well as those who meditate on their own imperishable nature as
having Brahman for its essence,—to the Highest Brahman. Why?
“On account of fault in both ways.” That is, on the view that it leads
only those who meditate on the effected Brahman, the following
scriptural text will come to be contradicted, viz. “Having risen from
the body having attained the form of highest light” (Chānd. 8.12.3 ¹).
On the fixed rule, on the other hand, that it leads those only who
meditate on the Highest Brahman, the following scriptural text will
come to be contradicted, viz. “Those who know thus and those
who meditate on faith and penance in the forest—reach light”
(Chānd. 5 10.1 ²). Hence in accordance with the scriptural text:
“Just as the intention a man has in this world, so alone does he become
after departing” (Chānd. 3.14.1 ³), “he whose intention is that”
attains that alone,—this is the correct conclusion, the reverend
“Bādarāyaṇa” thinks.
Vedānta-kaustubha
Having set forth two views, the reverend author of the aphorisms
is now stating his own conclusion.
The troupe of conducting divinities of light and the rest “leads
those who do not depend on symbols,—so” the reverend “Bādarā-
yaṇa” thinks. That is, it leads other than those who meditate on
name and the rest as Brahman, viz. those who meditate on the Highest
Brahman, as well as those who meditate on the real nature of the
individual soul unconnected with matter and as having Brahman for
its essence. There is no fixed rule that it leads only those who meditate
¹ R, B. ² R, B. ³ R, Bh, B.