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[sū. 3. 3. 50. ADH. 20.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 689 power, and no resemblance in other points. The person within the sun, e.g., does not occupy the world of death.¹ Baladeva This is sūtra 53 in his commentary. Interpretation absolutely different. The prima facie objector points out that if the vision of the Lord be the cause of salvation ², then when the Lord descends on earth as an incarnation, viz. Rāma and so on, everyone who sees Him must become freed immediately. The answer is: “Even on account of the common perception (of the Lord as an incarnation, there is no universal release), like death (which is) not (the cause) of salvation, but) the attainment of (other particular) worlds”. That is, death does not necessarily lead to release, but more often to other worlds like heaven and so on. Similarly, all visions of the Lord are not the cause of release, but the vision of the Lord on earth as an incarnation leads to heavenly regions alone.³ CORRECT CONCLUSION (end) SŪTRA 50 “AND ON ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS SUBSEQUENT, THE BEING OF THIS KIND OF THE WORD (IS ESTABLISHED), THERE IS CONNECTION WITH (ACTION), ON THE OTHER HAND, ON ACCOUNT OF MAJORITY.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha On account also of the immediately following (section), viz.: “This world, verily, is piled up by the fire” (Śat. Br. 10.5.4, 1⁴), this text, referring to the fires piled up by the mind and so on, is of such a kind. “On account of the majority,” i.e. numerosity, of the details of (actual) fire which are to be accepted in the fires piled up by the mind and so on, there is the “connection” (of these mental fires) in the very vicinity of a fire built up by action. ¹ Śrī. B. 3.3.49, p 331, Part 2; Śk. B. 3.3.49, p. 369, Parts 10 and 11. ² Vide G.B. 3.3.49 above ³ P. 798, line 17. Ś, R, Bh, Śk. Correct quotation: “Agniś cita”, in which case the quotation would mean. “This world, verily, is the piled up fire.” ⁴ Correct quotation “Agniś Cita”, meaning “piled up fire”, and not “Agni-Cita”.