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Aniyamah sarvasamavirodhah sabdanumanabhyam
III.3.31 (390)
There is no restriction (as
to the going on the path of the gods for any Vidya). There is no contradiction
as is seen from the Sruti and Smriti.
Aniyamah: (there is) no restriction; Sarvasam: of all; Avirodhah:
there is no contradiction; Sabdanumanabhyam: as is seen from
Sruti and Smriti. (Sabdah: the word, i.e., the revealed scripture
or Sruti; Anumana: inference or Smriti.)
The journey of the soul who knows Brahman is continued.
We have shown that the going on the path of the gods is valid only for
the Vidyas of Saguna Brahman, not for the knowledge of Nirguna Brahman
which is devoid of all qualities.
Now we observe that the going on the path of the gods to Brahmaloka
is mentioned only in some of the qualified Vidyas such as the Paryanka
Vidya, the Panchagni Vidya, the Upakosala Vidya, the Dahara Vidya, but
it is not mentioned or expressly stated in others such as the Madhu
Vidya, the Sandilya Vidya, the Shodasakala Vidya, the Vaisvanara Vidya.
The
doubt now arises whether the going on the path of the gods is to be
connected with those Vidyas in which it is actually mentioned or generally
with all Vidyas of that kind.
This Sutra declares that all worshippers of the Saguna Brahman, whatever
their Vidyas may be, go after death by this path. This is seen from
the Sruti and Smriti. "Those who meditate thus through Panchagni Vidya
and also those who understand other Vidyas and also those who meditate
in the forest with faith and austerities, on Saguna Brahman through
any other Vidya proceed on the path of the gods" (Chh. Up. V.10.1.);
(Bri. Up. VI.2.15).
Bhagavad Gita also declares, "Light and darkness, these are thought
to be the world's everlasting paths; by the one he goes who does not
return, by the other he returns again" (VIII.26).
The term "The True" in the passage "Those who in the forest, with faith,
worship the True", i.e., Brahman, is often employed to denote Brahman.
Thus it is quite clear that the going on the path of gods is not confined
to those Vidyas in which it is actually mentioned or expressly stated.
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