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[SŪ. 3. 3. 30. ADH. 12.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 635 the texts which designate both of them to be leading to the Lord will be contradicted) " 1 . SŪTRA 30 "(THE GOING OF THE SOUL IS) APPROPRIATE, ON ACCOUNT OF FINDING THINGS WHICH ARE MARKS OF THAT, (VIZ. CONNECTION WITH THE BODY), AS IN ORDINARY LIFE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In spite of the decay of all the karmas of a worshipper of Brahman at the time of his separation from the body, the path (i e. his going through the path of gods) is "appropriate". Why? "On account of finding things which are marks" of connection with the body and the rest, in the passages: "Having attained the form of supreme light, he is completed in his own form" (Chānd. 8.3.4 ²), "He roams about there, laughing, playing and enjoying" (Chānd. 7.25 1 ³) and so on,— just as a royal servant attains mundane ends. The sense is that in spite of the decay of all works and of the gross body, he continues to retain the subtle body, through the power of vidyā, in order that he may go to a distinguished place. Immediately after his separation from that, the knower, having attained the form mentioned in Scrip- ture, comes to attain the nature of Brahman. Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz. if it be admitted that there is the decay of all works at the time of the soul's leaving the body, there must be the destruction of the subtle body too at the same time. This being so, the path defined as the path of gods is "inappropriate",— (the author) says: In spite of the decay of all the works of a knower at the time of his leaving the body, the path of gods is "appropriate". Why? "On account of finding things which are marks of that," i.e. on account of finding things that indicate that even a knower whose good and evil deeds have decayed and whose real form has become manifest has connection with body and the rest. The things ¹ G.B. 3.3.30, p. 160, Chap. 3. ² R, ŚK. ³ R. II