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[sū. 3 3, 29. ADH. 12 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 633 COMPARISON Śaṁkara Interpretation entirely different. He begins a new adhikaraṇa. In some texts, the soul is said to go through the path of gods after having discarded merits and demerits; but in some texts, it is simply said to discard its merits and demerits. Hence the problem is whether the soul has to travel always through the path of gods for attaining Brahman. The answer is that there is no such necessity. The journey through the path of gods is not necessary for one who has attained identity with Brahman here and now. Hence the sūtra : "There is meaning of the going in two ways, (i.e. it is necessary in certain cases, not necessary in others), otherwise there is contradiction (of texts)".¹ Rāmānuja He takes this sūtra as laying down the prima facie view, thus: "There is meaning of the (soul's) going in two ways, (i.e. only on the hypothesis that it discards a part of its merit and so on at the time of leaving the body and the rest on its way), for otherwise there is con- tradiction". That is, if he is to discard all its merits and demerits at the time of its departure from the body, its subtle body too must be destroyed simultaneously. In that case, no going through the path of the gods will be possible on its part, a mere disembodied soul ² Nimbārka raises the problem and solves it in the next sūtra, as we shall see. Śrīkaṇṭha He inverts the order of this and the next sūtra. Thus:— Nimbārka and others Śrīkaṇṭha "Gaterartha-vattvam . . . ." "Upapannas tal-lakṣaṇārtho (sūtra 29). . . . .” (sūtra 29). "Upapannas tallakṣaṇārtho "Gater artha-vattvam . . . .” . . . .” (sūtra 30). (sūtra 30). Interpretation too different, viz. : Sūtra 29.—"Upapannas tal-lakṣaṇārtho . . . . ”: Here he con- cludes the prima facie view, viz. that the soul discards all its ¹ Ś.B. 3.3.29, pp. 803-804. ² Śrī. B. 3.3.29, p. 299, Part 2, Madras ed.