Adhik. XI (20, 21).--Also that vidvân who dies during the dakshi/n/âyana
reaches Brahman.


PÂDA III.


Adhik. I, II, III (1-3) reconcile the different accounts given in the
Upanishads as to the stations of the way which leads the vidvân up to
Brahman.

Adhik. IV (4-6)--By the 'stations' we have, however, to understand not
only the subdivisions of the way but also the divine beings which lead
the soul on.

The remaining part of the pâda is by /S/a@nkara divided into two
adhikara/n/as. Of these the former one (7-14) teaches that the Brahman
to which the departed soul is led by the guardians of the path of the
gods is not the highest Brahman, but the effected (kârya) or qualified
(/s/agu/n/a) Brahman. This is the opinion propounded in Sûtras 7-11 by
Bâdari, and, finally, accepted by /S/a@nkara in his commentary on Sûtra
14. In Sûtras 12-14 Jaimini defends the opposite view, according to
which the soul of the vidvân goes to the highest Brahman, not to the
kâryam brahma. But Jaimini's view, although set forth in the latter part
of the adhikara/n/a, is, according to /S/a@nkara, a mere pûrvapaksha,
while Bâdari's opinion represents the siddhânta.--The latter of the two
adhikara/n/as (VI of the whole pâda; 15, 16) records the opinion of
Bâdarâya/n/a on a collateral question, viz. whether, or not, all those
who worship the effected Brahman are led to it. The decision is that
those only are guided to Brahman who have not worshipped it under a