Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 4.3.1
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अर्चिरादिना तत्प्रथितेः
arcirādinā tatprathiteḥ
Sūtra translation
(The departed wise goes to Brahman by the one path only) commencing with Light, on account of that being widely known (being distinctly stated in Sruti and Smriti).
“ They go to Light, from Light to the Day; from the Day to the waxing (bright) half of the month ” (Ch, V. io. i). Thus Light is declared to be the first (that is reached).” When the wise person (soul) departs from this body, he reaches Vayu (called Pravaha) ” (Bri. VII. 10.1). This text appears to say that the departed first goes to Vayu. (But) here the reaching of Light only is the first stage. The Brahma Tarka has the following: * There are only two paths established, that which com- mences with Light for the passage of the wise, and that which commences with smoke for the passage of those who perform (sacrificial) acts, as conclusively known from a thoroughly sound enquiry into all the Vedas. Fire and Light are the two forms in which the deity Agni remains in the same city (region). The wise going to Brahman first reaches Fire and then Light before going to others; for the venerable one is in the same city in two forms j and Soma to be hereafter spoken of being the son of Agni, no inconsistency arises.