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854 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 4. 3. 15.
ADH. 5.]
Rāmānuja
He adds a “ca” after “ubhayathā”.¹
Bhāskara
Reading like Śaṁkara’s. Interpretation as follows: “(The troupe
of conducting divinities) leads those who do not depend on symbols
(i e excluding those who meditate on symbols, those who meditate
on the effected Brahman are led to him, and those who meditate on
the Highest Brahman are led to Him,) since this two-fold (view)
involves no fault”, and so on. That is, to hold that those who meditate
on the effected Brahman are led to the effected Brahman, while those
who meditate on the Highest Brahman are led to the Highest Brahman
does not give rise to any contradiction that even those who meditate
on the effected Brahman do not return, for they attain a gradual
release, while the former, immediate release.²
Śrīkaṇṭha
Reading like Rāmānuja’s. According to him, those who meditate
on the Highest Brahman alone are led to Him, neither those who
meditate on Hiraṇyagarbha nor those who meditate on Nārāyaṇa.³
Baladeva
Reading like Rāmānuja’s.⁴
CORRECT CONCLUSION (end)
SŪTRA 15
“AND (SCRIPTURE) SHOWS A DIFFERENCE.”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
The scriptural text: “As far as name goes, so far he comes to have
freedom of movement” (Chānd. 7.1.5 ⁵) and so on “shows” that

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¹ Śrī. B. 3.4.14, p. 460, Part 1, Madras ed.
² Bh. B. 4.3.14, p. 240. ³ Śk. B. 4.3.14, pp 477-78.
⁴ Bh. 4.3.15, p. 77, Chap. 4. ⁵ Ś, R, Bh.