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[SŪ. 4. 3. 4. 842 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 4.] Adhikaraṇa 4: The section entitled "The con- ductors". (Sūtras 4-5) SŪTRA 4 "THE CONDUCTORS, ON ACCOUNT OF THE INDICATORY MARK OF THAT " Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Light and the rest lead the approaching souls. As the text: "He leads them to Brahman" (Chānd. 5.10.2 ¹) declares that the non-human person leads the souls, it is known that the previous ones, too, do the same. Vedānta-kaustubha Thus, the successive order of the twelve stages of the path, begin- ning with light and ending with Prajāpati, have been shown. Now the question is being considered, viz. what service do light and the rest render to the knower. The doubt is as to whether these light and the rest are mere signs indicating the road to the knower who wishes to go to Brahman, or places of enjoyment, or conductors. With regard to this, it may be suggested: They may be signs indicating the road, like tree, mountain and so on. Or, since in the text: "To the world of fire, to the world of air, to the world of Varuṇa" (Kauṣ. 1.3), they are mentioned as worlds, they may be places of enjoyment,— We reply: "Conductors", i. e. in accordance with the command of the Lord, they are the conductors of the knowers, devoted to the Lord. Why? "On account of the indicatory mark of that," i.e. because in the concluding passage: "Then there is a non-human Person. He leads them to Brahman" (Chānd 5.10 2), the non-human Person is declared to be leading the souls. "That," i.e. the indicatory mark of conductorship, indicates that the previous ones, viz. light and the rest too, are conductors The word 'light' and the rest should be understood as denoting the presiding deities of light, etc., respectively

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¹ Ś, R, Bh, Śk, B.