Śaṅkaraon Brahma Sūtra 4.3.11

Smr^ti also agrees with this view ; cp. the following passage, ‘ When the pralaya has come and the end of the highest (i.e. Hira?^yagarbha), then they all, together with Brahman, with purified minds enter the highest place.’ The final conclusion (siddhanta) therefore is that the going of the souls, of which scripture speaks, has for its goal the effected Brahman. — But what is the primd facie view, with regard to which this final conclusion has been established in Sutras 7-11 ?—This required prima facie view is now set forth in the following Sutras.