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[sū. 3. 3. 27. ADH. 12.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 627 COMPARISON Baladeva This is sūtra 27 in his commentary He begins a new adhikarana here (two sūtras), concerned with an entirely different question, viz whether the meditation on the Lord is obligatory or optional to the freed souls. He reads “Āchanda” instead of “chanda”, interpret- ing it as ‘option’. Hence the sūtra: “But on the destruction (of bondage, the released souls are under no obligation to practise medita- tion, because they have obtained) nearness (i.e. upāyana) (to the Lord), (and) because scriptural texts are supplementary (to this, i.e. are meant for leading the soul to this stage, viz release), just as the singing of hymns with the kuśa (in hand) is optional (i.e. āchanda) (for a student who has finished his daily duties), it is declared (by Scripture)”. That is, the aim of all scriptural texts is to teach men meditation so that they may attain salvation When that end is reached, i.e. men are freed and approach the Lord, it is no longer necessary for them to go on with further meditation.¹ Adhikarana 12. The section entitled “The passing away” (Sūtras 27-30) SŪTRA 27 “In passing away (there is a complete abandonment of merit and demerit), on account of there being nothing to be crossed, for thus others (declare).” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha At the time (of the soul’s) departure from the body, it com- pletely abandons (its) merits and demerits. Why? Because after (its) separation from the body, there is no more experience “to be crossed” (i.e. undergone) through these two. This very thing others declare thus: “Verily, when one is bodiless, pleasure and pain do not touch him” (Chānd. 8.12.1 ²), “This serene being, having arisen from this body, having attained the form of highest light, is completed in ¹ G.B. 3.3.27, pp. 153-154, Chap. 3. ² R.