Sūtra 4.4.5Madhva · 4.4.5

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 4.4.5

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

ब्राह्मेण जैमिनिरुपन्यासादिभ्यः

brāhmeṇa jaiminirupanyāsādibhyaḥ

Sūtra translation

The released, only through the Lord's (person), enjoys ihe blessings ; Oaimni opines thus, from the explanation (in Scripture), etc.

Gaimini thinks that the souls that have become released on the dissolution of all material coats enjoy the blessings only through the Lord’s person, (not by means of any gross or subtle body); for Mâdhyandinâyana Sruti speaks to that effect: “ He who is thus devoted to Brahman, having certainly abandoned this body and reached Brahman, through Brahman hears and only through Brahman enjoys all this. ” And Smriti also says: “ The released takes (everything) with the hand of Hari; sees through the eye of Hari only; with the feet of Hari he walks; and this is the state of the released (that has attained to Sayujya mukti.” Further it is seen from the reasoning presented iu the Brihat Tantra: “ Since the devoted is (during life) contemplating thus, ‘ I walk with the feet of Visliuu, I see with the eye of Vishnu, etc.,’ it is but right that similar state results for the released (soul). ”