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[SŪ. 4. 2. 14. 824 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 6.] supreme place through it" (Yāj Sm. 3.167 ¹) Hence it is established that a knower too has to depart from the body for attaining Brahman. Here ends the section entitled "Up to the beginning of the path" (5) COMPARISON Śaṁkara He quotes the same passage quoted by Śrīnivāsa (Mahā 12. 9657) to show that a real knower has no departure.² Adhikarana 6: The section "Merging in the Highest" (Sūtra 14) SŪTRA 14 "THOSE IN THE HIGHEST, FOR THUS (SCRIPTURE) SAYS." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The subtle elements like fire and the rest merge in the Highest. The Scripture says: "Fire in the highest divinity" (Chānd. 6.8.6 ³). Vedānta-kaustubha Now, the author states the meaning of the text: "Fire in the highest divinity" (Chānd 6.8.6), the last one of the series.⁴ It has been said that at the time of departure, the vital-breath, together with speech and the rest, enter into the subtle elements like fire and the rest through 'the ruler' (viz. the soul). On the doubt, viz. whether those subtle elements, accompanied by the entities beginning with speech and ending with the vital-breath, and forming the parts of the knower's subtle body, proceed to produce their respective effects as appropriate or are dissolved in the Highest Self,—if the first alternative be taken to be true, ¹ P. 75. ² Ś.B. 4.2.14, p. 939. ³ R, Śk, B. ⁴ Beginning with speech. Vide Br. Sū. 4.2.1.