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642 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [sū. 3. 3. 31. ADH. 13.] rest as fire pass over to light, Scripture goes on to say in the text: "And those who in forest" (Bṛh 6 2.15) that those too who meditate with faith on the true Brahman, celebrated in another scriptural text: "Brahman is truth, knowledge, infinite" (Tait 2 1), pass over to light. In this manner, truly, the path is attained by all those who possess Brahma-vidyā, as by those who possess the Pañcāgni-vidyā. Hence it is ascertained that the general subject-matter is set aside by the texts, designating such a journey through the path of light, which are of a greater force. Similarly, by Smṛti as well the journey of all worshippers of Brahman through this path alone is established. Hence it is established that the path beginning with light, which is indeed met with in all the vidyās, is (only) re-mentioned (in the Upakosala-vidyā) and so on. Here ends the section entitled "Non-restriction" (13). COMPARISON Śaṃkara He reads "sarvāsām" (feminine gender) instead of "sarveṣām" (masculine gender), and interprets the sūtra thus: "(There is) no restriction (with regard to the going through path of light, but it is valid) for all (the saguṇa-vidyās or meditations on the qualified Brah- man), (there is) non-contradiction on account of work and inference".¹ Thus, literally he interprets the sūtra like Nimbārka, but while he speaks here of saguṇa-vidyās only, which, according to him, do not directly lead to release, Nimbārka does not do so Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha They revert the order of this sūtra and the next thus:— Nimbārka and others Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha "Aniyamaḥ . . . ." (sūtra 31). "Yāvadhikāram . . . .". (sūtra 31). "Yāvadhikāram . . . ." (sūtra 32). "Aniyamaḥ . . ." (sūtra 32) 1 Ś.B. 3.3.31, p. 805.