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854 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 4. 3. 15. ADH. 5.] Rāmānuja He adds a “ca” after “ubhayathā”.¹ Bhāskara Reading like Śaṁkara’s. Interpretation as follows: “(The troupe of conducting divinities) leads those who do not depend on symbols (i e excluding those who meditate on symbols, those who meditate on the effected Brahman are led to him, and those who meditate on the Highest Brahman are led to Him,) since this two-fold (view) involves no fault”, and so on. That is, to hold that those who meditate on the effected Brahman are led to the effected Brahman, while those who meditate on the Highest Brahman are led to the Highest Brahman does not give rise to any contradiction that even those who meditate on the effected Brahman do not return, for they attain a gradual release, while the former, immediate release.² Śrīkaṇṭha Reading like Rāmānuja’s. According to him, those who meditate on the Highest Brahman alone are led to Him, neither those who meditate on Hiraṇyagarbha nor those who meditate on Nārāyaṇa.³ Baladeva Reading like Rāmānuja’s.⁴ CORRECT CONCLUSION (end) SŪTRA 15 “AND (SCRIPTURE) SHOWS A DIFFERENCE.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The scriptural text: “As far as name goes, so far he comes to have freedom of movement” (Chānd. 7.1.5 ⁵) and so on “shows” that

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¹ Śrī. B. 3.4.14, p. 460, Part 1, Madras ed. ² Bh. B. 4.3.14, p. 240. ³ Śk. B. 4.3.14, pp 477-78. ⁴ Bh. 4.3.15, p. 77, Chap. 4. ⁵ Ś, R, Bh.