ârabdhakârya works are exhausted.


PÂDA II.


This and the two remaining pâdas of the fourth adhyâya describe the fate
of the vidvân after death. According to /S/a@nkara we have to
distinguish the vidvân who possesses the highest knowledge, viz. that he
is one with the highest Brahman, and the vidvân who knows only the lower
Brahman, and have to refer certain Sûtras to the former and others to
the latter. According to Râmânuja the vidvân is one only.

Adhik. I, II, III (1-6).--On the death of the vidvân (i.e. of him who
possesses the lower knowledge, according to /S/a@nkara) his senses are
merged in the manas, the manas in the chief vital air (prâ/n/a), the
vital air in the individual soul (jîva), the soul in the subtle
elements.--According to Râmânuja the combination (sampatti) of the
senses with the manas, &c. is a mere conjunction (sa/m/yoga), not a
merging (laya).

Adhik. IV (7).--The vidvân (i.e. according to /S/a@nkara, he who
possesses the lower knowledge) and the avidvân, i.e. he who does not
possess any knowledge of Brahman, pass through the same stages (i.e.
those described hitherto) up to the entrance of the soul, together with
the subtle elements, and so on into the nâ/d/îs.--The vidvân also
remains connected with the subtle elements because he has not yet
completely destroyed avidyâ, so that the immortality which Scripture
ascribes to him (am/ri/tatva/m/ hi vidvân abhya/s/nute) is only a
relative one.--Râmânuja quotes the following text regarding the