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484 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 1 8 ADH. 2.] With a view to dispelling the notion that the view established by him is based only on what is seen,¹ the author says. “For this (Scripture) shows”. The scriptural text: ‘He is like a beast of the gods’ (Bṛh 1.4 10) “shows” that the individual soul, because of being not acquainted with the Ātman, is an implement of the enjoyment of gods Here ends the section entitled “Obtaining what is different from that” (1). COMPARISON Bhāskara Reading slightly different, viz he substitutes “Ca” for “Vā” ² Adhikarana 2: The section entitled “The passing away of works”. (Sūtras 8—11) SŪTRA 8 “ON THE PASSING AWAY OF WORKS, (THE SOUL RE-DESCENDS AS) POSSESSED OF THE REMNANTS OF RESULTS, ON ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS SEEN (I.E. SCRIPTURE) AND SMṚTI, AS (IT) HAD COME AND NOT THUS.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha On the decay of the works, productive of fruits in the next world, the soul, possessed of the works, productive of fruits in this world, re-descends “as (it had) come and not thus”, in accordance with the scriptural text: ‘Hence those who are of a pleasant conduct here, the prospect is indeed that they will attain a pleasant birth’ (Chānd. 5.10.7 ³), and in accordance with the Smṛti passage: ‘Men of (different) castes and stages of life, who are devoted to their own works, having departed and having undergone the fruits of works, attain, through the remnant of that, births in distinguished castes and families, ¹ Vide the objection above that the soul is never seen to be food. ² Bh. B 3.1.7, p. 154. ³ Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B.