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[SŪ. 3. 4. 51. ADH. 15.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 779 has attained knowledge If the works which have begun to bear fruits be absent, then the fruit of knowledge, viz. salvation, belonging to the knower, arises after he is freed from the present body; but if they be present, then after he is freed from still another body,—thus there is no fixed rule here. Why? “On account of one having that state being ascertained,” i.e. because the Chāndogya text: “For him there is delay only so long as I am (i e. he is) not free, then I shall (i e. he will)¹ attain (Brahman)” (Chānd 6.14.2) speaks of “one having that state”, i.e. one having the state of a knower, or, one by whom knowledge has been obtained. Hence it is established that there is no fixed rule with regard to the fruit, viz. salvation. The repetition of the last words indicates the completion of the chapter Here ends the section entitled “The fruit, viz. salvation” (15). Here ends the fourth quarter of the third chapter in the Vedānta- kaustubha, a commentary on the Śārīraka-mīmāṁsā by the reverend teacher Śrīnivāsa, dwelling under the lotus-feet of the reverend Nimbārka, the founder and the teacher of the sect of the holy Sanatkumāra. And this third chapter, entitled “The means”, concerned with the discussion about the knowledge of Brahman, is completed. COMPARISON Śaṁkara Interpretation different, viz. “Similarly, (there is) no fixed rule with regard to the fruit, viz. salvation, on account of such a state being ascertained (to be Brahman)”. That is, the result of know- ledge is not subject to the same rule as the origin of knowledge. The latter may vary, i.e. take place here or hereafter; but the former is not subject to any variations, but is the same always, since Scripture declares salvation to be Brahman, the UNCHANGEABLE.² Rāmānuja Interpretation same. He points out that just as there is no fixed rule with regard to the rise of the fruit of that kind of meditation ¹ See V.K. 1.1.7. ² Ś.B. 3.4.51, pp. 896 ff. 20