Sūtra 3.3.27Madhva · 3.3.28

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.3.27

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.28 in this text

Sūtra

सांपराये तर्तव्याभावात्तथा ह्यन्ये

sāṃparāye tartavyābhāvāttathā hyanye

Sūtra translation

The devotion in heaven is optional, for then (there) they have nothing to cross over ; thus some Sakhins read.

The devotion, of the released is to be admitted only as proceeding from his own choice, for he has crossed over everything undesirable ; and some Sakhins actually read thus : “ For then the soul has crossed (over) all miseries and become directly related to the Lord that is seated in the heart of all ” (Bri VI. 3-22) ; and this is said also in the Vayuprokta : “ Those that have attained to the stability of wisdom by the knowledge of the Supreme Being, and thereby to the region of Brahma, having there received initiation from him go to the Supreme Being along with Brahma ; and when they have thus crossed over all that is to be got rid of, they medi- tate on the Lord, only at their choice.” Next in reply to the question whether the released are or are not engaged also in the performance of sacri- ficial and other acts, the Sutrakara says :