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In obtaining another of that, it goes enveloped, (as appears) from question and explanation.
That the Vedânta-texts establish as the proper object of meditation, on the part of all men desirous of Release, the …
But on account of (water) consisting of the three elements; on account of predominance.
Water alone could not produce a new body; for the text Ch. Up. VI, 3, 4, 'Each of these he made tripartite,' shows th…
And on account of the going of the prânas.
That the soul goes embedded in the subtle rudiments of the elements follows therefrom also that when passing out of t…
If it be said (that it is not so) on account of scriptural statement as to going to Agni and the rest; we say no, on account of the secondary nature (of the statement).
But the text, 'when the speech of the dead person enters into fire,' &c. (Bri. Up. III, 2, 13). declares that when a …
Should it be said, on account of absence of mention in the first (reply); we say no, for just that (is meant), on the ground of fitness.
An objection is raised to the conclusion arrived at under III, 1, 1; on the ground that in the first oblation, descri…
'On account of this not being stated by Scripture'; not so, on account of those who perform sacrifices and so on being understood.
But, a further objection is raised, in the whole section under discussion no mention at all is made of the soul; the …
Or it is metaphorical, on account of their not knowing the Self. For thus Scripture declares.
He who performs sacrifices, and so on, and thus does not know the Self, is here below and in yonder world a mere mean…
On the passing away of the works, with a remainder, according to Scripture and Smriti; as it went and not so.
The text declares that those who only perform sacrifices and useful works ascend by the road of the fathers, and agai…
'On account of conduct'; not so, since (karana) connotes works; thus Kârshnâjini thinks.
In the phrases 'those whose works were good' (ramanîya-karanâh), and 'those whose works were bad' (kapûyâ-karanâh), t…
'There is purposelessness'; not so, on account of the dependence on that.
But if conduct has no result, it follows that good conduct, as enjoined in the Smritis, is useless!—Not so, we reply;…
But only good and evil works, thus Bâdari thinks.
As the verb â-kar takes karman for its object (punyam karmâ karati, &c.), and as the separate denotation (i.e. the us…
Of those also who do not perform sacrifices (the ascent) is declared by Scripture.
It has been said that those who perform only sacrifices, and so on, go to the moon and thence return with a remainder…
But of the others having enjoyed in Samyamana, there is ascent and descent; as such a course is declared.
Of the others, i.e. those who do not perform sacrifices, and so on, there is ascent to the moon and descent from ther…
Smriti texts also declare this.
That all beings are under the sway of Yama, Parâsara also and other Smriti writers declare, 'And all these pass under…
Moreover there are seven.
The Smritis moreover declare that there are seven hells, called Raurava, and so on, to which evil-doers have to go.—B…
On account of his activity there also, there is no contradiction.
As their going to those seven places also is due to the command of Yama, there is no contradiction.—Thus those also w…
But, of knowledge and work—as these are the leading topics.
The 'but' sets aside the view developed so far. It cannot be admitted that those also who do not perform sacrifices, …
Not in the case of the third (place), as it is thus perceived.
The third 'place' does not, for the origination of a new body, depend on the fifth oblation. The term,'the third plac…
It moreover is recorded, in the world.
Smriti, moreover, states that the bodies of some specially meritorious persons, such as Draupadî, Dhrishtadyumna and …
And on account of its being seen.
And it is seen in Scripture also, that the bodies of some beings originate independently of the fifth oblation: 'Of a…
The third term includes that which springs from heat.
Creatures sprung from heat are included in the third term—viz. that which springs from a germ—which is exhibited in t…
There is entering into similarity of being with those, there being a reason.
The text describes the manner in which those who perform sacrifices, and so on, descend from the moon as follows: 'Th…
Not very long; on account of special statement.
Does the soul in its descent through ether, and so on, stay at each stage for a not very long time, or is there nothi…
Into (plants) animated by other souls, because the statement is as in the previous cases.
The text declares that 'he descending souls are born as rice, corn,' &c., 'they are born here as rice, corn, herbs, t…
It is unholy. Not so, on the ground of Scripture.
The conclusion arrived at above cannot be accepted, since there is a reason why the descending soul should enter on t…
After that conjunction with him who performs the act of generation.
The declaration that the descending souls _become_ rice plants, and so on, cannot be taken literally for that reason …
From the yoni the body.
Only after having reached a yoni the soul, affected with a remnant of its works, obtains a new body, and only in a bo…