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[SŪ. 3. 4. 51. 780 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 15.] which aims at worldly prosperity (considered in the previous sūtra), so there is no fixed rule with regard to the rise of the fruit of that of meditation which aims at salvation.¹ Bhāskara He interprets the first part, viz. “muktiphalāniyamaḥ” like Nimbārka, the second part, viz “tadavasthāvadhṛteḥ” like Śaṁkara Thus, according to him the sūtra means: although there is no fixed rule as to whether salvation is to arise here or hereafter, yet there is no non-fixity in the very nature of salvation, for salvation is nothing but the state of the Highest Lord.² Śrīkaṇṭha Interpretation different, viz. “(There is) no fixed rule that the fruit, viz. salvation (has grades like the fruit of karma) since (salva- tion) is ascertained to be that condition (viz. the state of Brahman)”. That is, salvation means attaining similarity with the Lord; hence the Lord being the same, salvation does not vary, though there may be gradations in the meditations.³ Résumé The fourth quarter of the third chapter contains: (1) 51 sūtras and 15 adhikaraṇas, according to Nimbārka; (2) 52 sūtras and 17 adhikaraṇas, according to Śaṁkara; (3) 51 sūtras and 15 adhikaraṇas, according to Rāmānuja; (4) 49 sūtras and 16 adhikaraṇas, according to Bhāskara; (5) 51 sūtras and 17 adhikaraṇas, according to Śrīkaṇṭha; (6) 52 sūtras and 16 adhikaraṇas, according to Baladeva. Sūtra 46 in the commentaries of Śaṁkara and Baladeva is not found in Nimbārka’s commentary. Bhāskara takes sūtras 23 and 24 in Nimbārka’s commentary as forming a single sūtra, and omits sūtra 42.

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¹ Śrī. B. 3.4.51, p. 399, Part 2. ² Bh. B. 3.4.49, (written as 3.4.50), p. 217. ³ Śk. B. 3.4.51, pp. 418-419, Parts 10 and 11. 20B